DR ‹ › The police officer who shot a 28-year-old Moroccan man to death on January 26 near Milan has been arrested on suspicion of voluntary homicide. The arrest was ordered by prosecutors following new elements gathered from colleagues' testimonies, CCTV footage, phone data, and forensic investigations, La Stampa reported on Monday. Abderrahim Mansouri was shot in the head with a single bullet fired from Assistant Police Chief Carmelo Cinturrino's service pistol during during a drug control operation. Initially, the case appeared to be one of self-defense, as a replica of a pistol was found near the victim's body. However, investigators later found no biological or fingerprint traces of Mansouri on the weapon, and none of the officers present at the scene reported seeing it at the time of the shooting. Prosecutors now suspect the replica was planted after the incident. The investigation also revealed that Cinturrino allegedly knew Mansouri, contradicting his initial statements. Testimonies collected by the victim's family lawyers suggested that Mansouri was among several dealers forced to pay a daily fee of «5 grams of cocaine and 200 euros a day» as part of an alleged extortion scheme. Three officers under investigation for aiding and abetting and failure to provide assistance told prosecutors they feared retaliation. According to the arrest warrant, they expressed «fear» that their colleague, who had repeatedly insisted on upholding the «self-defense» theory, might harm them. The Prosecutor's Office cited a «concrete and present» risk of evidence tampering and reoffending, pointing to what it described as the suspect's «extremely high criminal capacity». Other testimonies portrayed the 41-year-old officer as «a significantly aggressive and violent person», allegedly accustomed to beating individuals frequenting the Rogoredo woods, «even using a hammer».
