Human rights campaigners and Italy's opposition parties demanded answers on Monday after a man died under police restraint as he pleaded for help, while government leaders defended the police.

Italy has erupted in fury following the death of a Moroccan man after police pepper sprayed him, pinned him and zip-tied him as he screamed for help.

ROME: A man in the northern Italian city of Bologna died while being held to the ground by police trying to arrest him, in an incident captured on video that has sparked street…