Firemen on Monday pull down a factory where immigrant workers were living in Rosarno, Italy
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Hundreds of immigrant workers moved by bus from Italian town of Rosarno
- Speaker van drove round town warning black people to leave town or be killed
- Migrant protests over shooting of worker turned violent over weekend
- Police said man shot with pellet gun; Italian media speculates Mafia behind shooting
(CNN) – The message blaring out of the speakers on the van was stark: "Any black person who is hiding in Rosarno should get out. If we catch you, we will kill you."
Abdul Rashid Muhammad Mahmoud Iddris got out.
He's one of hundreds — perhaps thousands — of African migrants taken by bus out of the Italian town over the weekend after violent demonstrations shook southern Italy.
The unrest was among the worst of its kind in recent Italian history, said a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration.
"We have not witnessed such protests in a long time," said Flavio Di Giacomo. "There were several thousand, but I don't know exactly how many people were involved."
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