Violence erupts after vigil for Moroccan man killed by police, Rome airport warns of longer summer queues under EES, and more news on Tuesday.

Violence erupts after vigil for Morroccan man killed by police

A peaceful vigil for Abderrahim Fakir in Bologna's central Piazza del Nettuno turned violent on Monday night after a separate group clashed with police. Officers responded with baton charges, tear gas and water cannon after the group reportedly threw a firecracker, Sky TG24 reported.

Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan-born man, died on Sunday after police pepper-sprayed and restrained him face-down in Bologna's Pilastro district.

Thousands attended the vigil, organised by city mayor Matteo Lepore, where Fakir's sister Khadija collapsed as the family was asked to speak. The separate group later reportedly vandalised nearby Via Ugo Bassi, destroying shared bikes and construction barriers.

"The ugly, violent exploitation of this is an attack on the Fakir family," the family's lawyer, Fabio Anselmo, stated.

Rome airport warns of longer summer queues under EES

Non-EU travellers through Rome’s Fiumicino airport face queues three times longer than before the new Entry/Exit System (EES) came in, its chief aviation officer said, as Italy’s airports braced for peak summer season.

Average waits for UK travellers climbed from seven minutes to 20, Ivan Bassato told the BBC over the weekend, though he said biometric e-gates had helped.

“We are not at the point where you have the same quality of the process [as] before the EES,” he said.

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The operator of Fiumicino and Ciampino warned in June it might pause checks to avoid summer gridlock. EU Commission officials have admitted that EES is “not perfect” but said a full suspension was “not needed” and “not possible”.

Italy accuses Russia of expelling military attache in ‘retaliation’

Italy's foreign minister said on Monday that Russia has expelled an Italian military attache and one of his aides from Moscow "without cause" in an escalating diplomatic rift, AFP reported.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called it a "blatant act of retaliation" following Italy's expulsion of two Russian military attaches earlier this month, who he said had been caught spying against Rome.

Italy's July 9th order to expel the Russian military attaches came after police announced they had arrested two former Italian intelligence agents. According to media reports, the Italians had handed Moscow state secrets about military aid to Ukraine.

Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto earlier this month said the case was "just the tip of the iceberg" in Russia's so-called "hybrid war" in Europe as it pursues its invasion of Ukraine.