Satnam Singh, the Indian farm
labourer abandoned by his employer after a strawberry wrapping
machine severed his arm in Latina last week, died due to
"copious bleeding", according to the initial results of an
autopsy, sources said on Monday.
Doctors tried in vain to save the 31-year-old's life for two
days.
The death of the Sikh farm hand has spurred outrage at
gangmastering, which is widespread in Italy, especially in the
south of the country, and modern forms of slavery.
Unions, politicians and members of the Indian community staged a
big demonstration calling for action on Saturday in Latina, a
Mussolini-founded new town south of Rome that is home to
thousands of migrant farm workers.
Labour Minister Marina Calderone said Friday that it was
"everybody's aim to declare war on gangmastering' after meeting
unions and employers.
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