Italy's PM attends funeral of young black man beaten to death near Rome

The prime minister of Italy has joined hundreds of mourners at the funeral for a young black man whose death in a violent street attack has shocked the country.

Willy Monteiro Duarte, 21, died after being kicked and punched when he tried to help a friend being attacked in the town of Colleferro on the outskirts of Rome, according to local news reports.

Four Italian men have been arrested but prosecutors have not yet indicated whether there was any racial motive for the attack on 6 September.

Premier Giuseppe Conte said earlier this week that the tragic death of Mr Duarte, who was born in Rome to parents from the African island nation of Cape Verde, had “struck me deeply”.