In the aftermath of the despicable murder of a Nigerian on the streets of Italy, the wife of the unfortunate Nigerian victim has called for justice on Sunday after the killing of her husband in Italy, which had been filmed by some onlookers while also sparking some national condemnations.
Alika Ogorchukwu the victim who was 39 years old had been selling goods on Friday on the main street of Civitanova Marche, a beach town on the Adriatic Sea, when his attacker had grabbed the vendor’s crutch and struck him down, according to police.
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“The attacker chased the victim and first hit him with a crutch, then knocked him to the ground and then finished him off, killing him by repeatedly striking him with his bare hands.”
An autopsy later in the week will help determine if Ogorchukwu succumbed to the beating or was strangled as he lay with his back on the ground. Police used street cameras to track the assailant’s movements and detained a man identified as Filippo Claudio Giuseppe Ferlazzo, 32.
He was being held on suspicion of murder and theft for allegedly taking the victim’s phone.
Luconi said the assailant lashed out after the vendor made “insistent” requests for pocket change. Police were questioning witnesses and viewing videos of the attack.
Ogorchukwu, who had been married with two children had also resorted to selling goods on the street after he was struck by a car and lost his job as a laborer due to his injuries, said Daniel Amanza, who runs the ACSIM association for immigrants in the Marche region’s Macerata province.
Hundreds of people from the Nigerian community and Italians, including Orgorchukwu’s wife, Charity Oriachi, protested in Civitanova Marche on Saturday.