(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.”<\/p>\n
Abdul Rashid Muhammad Mahmoud Iddris got out.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The unrest was among the worst of its kind in recent Italian history, said a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n