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02 July 2021 "Halimi? The Algerian? Of course I remember, he was in the cell with me. And I tell you that they killed him. First the beatings during the 'slaughter', then the loneliness of the long isolation, finally the medicines given or not given ... I also told the magistrates when they questioned me ". To say it, in an interview with the newspaper

La Stampa

, another inmate referring to the death of 27-year-old Lamine Hakimi in the prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere. The first complaint presented on the beatings in the prison belongs to the man, now under house arrest. "Perhaps I have not explained myself well - he adds - I am not saying that it was the blows that killed him, but everything that happened later, and in fact the magistrates wanted to proceed". And returning to that April 6, 2020 he says: "Black Monday ... eh, by now there is little to say, you have seen the videos, haven't you? arrived in riot gear and they pulled us out of the cells, and then down punches, kicks, batons. I dream of that beating at night, I wake up screaming ".   



"It was chaos - he adds -. There were screamed bad words. There were all the leaders, some agents I knew others not, many had helmets. I took poor Halimi in solitary confinement, and I think he never came out. .. Then I also recognized myself by watching the videos ". And then? "When it was all over it was already evening, there was an unreal silence. Four days later my detention ended: I went out and went to the nearest hospital, but because of the pandemic they didn't let me in". So there is no trace of the injuries? "There - he says -, because I filed the complaint and they sent the coroner home, with the carabinieri, and took the photos. The bruises were still all there. Now the ones inside, inside, remained. do you say so? ".



The Minister of Justice Marta Cartabia works to have maximum clarity in the shortest possible time: the Keeper, after yesterday suspended the 52 agents reached by precautionary measures (8 in prison, 18 under house arrest, 23 affected by disqualification measures and three by obligations of dwelling), has summoned the regional administrators of the penitentiary administration for July 15, while on July 7 it will meet the agents' unions. In fact, Cartabia already yesterday asked for further information and a broader report also on other prisons.