Outrage over murder of Nigerian street trader who was beaten to death in broad daylight in Italy

A bystander who filmed the horrific moment a father-of-two was attacked by a ‘male customer’ has sparked outrage after no one stepped in to help save him. 

Police in Italy have arrested a 32-year-old man following the murder of a Nigerian street vendor whose brutal murder was filmed by onlookers who made no attempt to physically intervene.

Alika Ogorchukwu, 39, was beaten to death by an Italian man, identified as Filippo Claudio Giuseppe Ferlazzo, in Civitanova Marche’s busy town centre, a beach town on the Adriatic Sea, on Friday.  

Police used street cameras to track Ferlazzo’s movements and arrested him on Saturday. He has been charged with murder and allegedly stealing the victim’s mobile phone and is set to appear in front of a judge on Monday, according to local agency ANSA.