Eight of the guards are accused of the crime of torture.
The video shows the beating of a 40-year-old Tunisian detainee on April 3 in a corridor of Reggio Emilia Prison.
The footage from inside the prison shows the man, hooded with a pillowcase, tripped over, punched in the face and on the side, stamped on with boots and held down for minutes by his arms and legs.
He was then stripped naked and, still hooded, dragged into his cell.
Notification that an investigation has been concluded frequently comes before Italian prosecutors’ request indictments.
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