(ANSA) - Rome, January 10 - The centre-left opposition
Democratic Party (PD) protested after Interior Minister Matteo
Salvini's said of a Tunisian migrant who died in custody with
his hands and feet bound "what should police do if they can't
use handcuffs, offer (prisoners) cappuccino and brioche?".
PD MP Gianfranco Librandi said the remark was a sign Italy
was "becoming barbaric".
Police said the migrant, who was arrested for passing off a
counterfeit bank note, had been uncontrollable and had had to be
restrained.
He died after having a heart attack while he was being
restrained on the floor of a money-transfer outlet in the Tuscan
town of Empoli on Friday.
The police had to handcuff the man and tie his feet together
with a cord to prevent him kicking and lashing out.
Salvini cappuccino remark barbaric - PD
Tunisian died with hands and feet bound by cops