A 37-year-old Moroccan-born trade
unionist, Adil Belakhdim, died on Friday after being hit by a
truck while taking part in a picket of logistics workers outside
the Lidl facility in Biandrate, in the northern province of
Novara, his union, COBAS, said.
The driver fled the scene in the lorry but was subsequently
tracked down by Carabinieri police on a motorway, sources said.
Premier Mario Draghi on Friday expressed dismay about the death.
"I am pained by the death of Adil Belakhdim," Draghi said during
a visit to Barcelona.
"It is necessary for light to be shed on what happened
immediately".
The lorry driver, a 25-year-old Italian, was arrested later
Friday and taken to jail.
He has been charged with vehicular homicide and resisting
arrest.
The leader of Italy's biggest and most leftwing union, Maurizio
Landini of the CGIL, said official had faced too many episodes
of violence and intimidation and said "there is a Wild West
atmosphere in logistics that is putting union freedoms at risk".
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