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Originally posted by Emmenaar:
Nice, coppers shooting fans. :thdn:
Wondering what made the police shoot, did they fire warning shots etc etc?
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Italian soccer fan is killed by police during clash at highway stop
ROME (AP) - A police officer shot and killed a Lazio soccer fan Sunday while trying to quell a clash with Juventus supporters at a highway rest stop in Tuscany, a police chief said.
«Our officer had intervened to avert that scuffle, between two small groups of people who weren't (yet) identified as fans, from
degenerating,» Arezzo police chief Vincenzo Giacobbe said in a statement carried by the Italian news agency ANSA. «I express deep sorrow and sincere condolences to the family of the victim.
The shooting took place at the rest stop along the A1Autostrada highway near the town of Arezzo, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Rome, Arezzo police spokesman Saverio Cialdea said.
«The dynamics aren't yet clear,» Cialdea added.
Lazio president Claudio Lotito said that there was «a clash between cars of rival fans and not between fans and police.
The victim was identified as Gabriele Sandri, a 26-year-old disc jockey from Rome who was a Lazio fan. He had been traveling to Milan for Lazio's match at Inter Milan.
The Italian soccer federation postponed the Inter-Lazio game to a date to be determined. Sunday's other games were to start 10 minutes late, with players and referees wearing black armbands.
ANSA said a police officer apparently used a pistol to fire a warning shot in the air to break up the clash.
Sky TG24 TV quoted witnesses as saying the Juventus fans were traveling in two vans from Naples on their way to Parma for the Parma-Juventus match.
Clashes between rival fans at rest stops are common in Italy.
Italian Premier Romano Prodi was attending Mass when he was informed about the death. He described the fan violence as «very worrisome.
The death prompted clashes between fans and police in Bergamo, where AC Milan was due to play Atalanta.
Last season, a policeman was killed in riots following a game between Palermo and Catania in Sicily. Under new anti-violence measures this season, some fans have been barred from traveling to games.
In 2004, the derby between AS Roma and Lazio was suspended three minutes into the second half when a false rumor spread through the stadium that police had killed a boy outside the stadium, sparking riots.
11-11-2007, 03:46 PM
Does anyone know why the Inter V Lazio game is cancelled? Post #14
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