19 July 2026 — with the source beside each time
The facts minute by minute: from 11.59 to 12.53
The times are not journalistic reconstructions: they come from the Bologna police headquarters and from the official reconstruction by the Bologna local health authority, which has opened an internal inquiry. Published on 20 and 21 July by Il Fatto Quotidiano and Sky TG24.
MORNING — A resident, Parveen Akhtar, 72, tells La Stampa that she had already noticed Fakir between 9.30 and 10: first sitting under a tree, then on the steps down to the garages, finally lying on the ground. According to her he was asking for an ambulance and the police to be called. Another resident, Aly, tells Repubblica Bologna that he saw him banging his head against a wall and calling for help in Arabic.
11.59.26 — A passer-by calls the police emergency line: a man in a burgundy T-shirt, black trousers and flip-flops is striking the garage doors and shouting that someone wants to kill him. [police headquarters, via Sky TG24]
12.15 — ONE patrol car arrives from the Bolognina-Pontevecchio station: a 28-year-old patrol leader, a 23-year-old assistant driving, with a personal bodycam bought out of his own pocket. Fakir is barefoot and highly agitated. According to the service report he shouts “Help, the whole Pilastro wants to kill me”, gets up and throws himself back to the ground, strikes the garage doors, headbutts a wall. [il Resto del Carlino, 22 July]
12.17 — The officers call the ambulance service reporting “a subject in psychiatric crisis”. The operations room dispatches Red Cross ambulance Bologna65: a basic vehicle, with no doctor. The call is classified GREEN CODE, the lowest urgency. [health authority reconstruction, via Il Fatto Quotidiano]
12.17-12.36 — The officers keep their distance and attempt dialogue. This phase is documented by residents' footage broadcast by Tg La7 on 22 July.
12.30 — The ambulance arrives. The four volunteers stay at a distance. [health authority / Il Fatto]
12.36 — It is the Red Cross crew that contacts the operations room for a medical consultation and asks for the doctor-staffed rapid response car. [health authority / Il Fatto]
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS — A car enters the courtyard. See the entry on the scuffle.
THE RESTRAINT — Fakir is taken to the ground in a PRONE position. One of the officers gets on top of him to hold him still. Fakir bites the leg of the 23-year-old officer, who will be signed off for twelve days. After the bite the officer sprays pepper spray in his face while he is already on the ground. The handcuff key snaps: plastic cable ties are used on wrists and ankles. An officer holds his head against the asphalt. Four civilians take part in the restraint. Fakir shouts “Help”, “Stop”, says he cannot breathe and that they will kill him like this. The shouting fades until it stops.
AFTERWARDS — The officers get up. Fakir remains face down on the ground, wrists behind his back and ankles tied. From here the accounts diverge as to timing: see the points under investigation.
12.42 — The rapid response car Bologna101 leaves the Maggiore hospital. [health authority / Il Fatto]
RESUSCITATION — The volunteers turn Fakir onto his back, a police officer cuts his T-shirt. Two rescuers alternate chest compressions and manual ventilation; the semi-automatic defibrillator analyses the rhythm but does not advise a shock. In the first phase Fakir is STILL TIED. The procedures continue for about ten minutes.
12.53 — The rapid response car arrives. The doctor pronounces him dead. [health authority / Il Fatto, Sky TG24]
DURATION. From the emergency call to death: 53 and a half minutes. From the arrival of the patrol car: about 38 minutes. From the dispatch of the ambulance: 36 minutes.