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Italian police kill football fan | Italian police kill football fan |
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A football fan has been shot dead by police during a fight between rival supporters in Italy, officials say. | A football fan has been shot dead by police during a fight between rival supporters in Italy, officials say. |
Local authorities said there had been a "tragic error" when police intervened to quell violence between fans of Roman team Lazio and Turin-based Juventus. | Local authorities said there had been a "tragic error" when police intervened to quell violence between fans of Roman team Lazio and Turin-based Juventus. |
The victim, a Lazio fan, was on his way to a match at Inter Milan when he was shot at a rest stop near Arezzo. | |
Later hundreds of armed fans attacked a police barracks and the Italian Olympic Committee headquarters in Rome. | |
Investigation | |
The Inter-Lazio game was postponed after the shooting and other matches started 10 minutes late, with players and officials wearing black armbands. | The Inter-Lazio game was postponed after the shooting and other matches started 10 minutes late, with players and officials wearing black armbands. |
In pictures: killing aftermath | In pictures: killing aftermath |
The Juventus fans were reportedly on their way from Naples to an away match against Parma. | |
"It was a tragic error," said Arezzo police chief Vincenzo Giacobbe. | "It was a tragic error," said Arezzo police chief Vincenzo Giacobbe. |
"Our agent had intervened to prevent the brawl between these two groups, who had not been identified as fans," Mr Giacobbe said, according to the Italian news agency Ansa. | "Our agent had intervened to prevent the brawl between these two groups, who had not been identified as fans," Mr Giacobbe said, according to the Italian news agency Ansa. |
The victim was identified as Gabriele Sandri, a 26-year-old disc jockey from Rome. | The victim was identified as Gabriele Sandri, a 26-year-old disc jockey from Rome. |
He was apparently shot while in a car outside the motorway restaurant. | He was apparently shot while in a car outside the motorway restaurant. |
Gabriele Sandri worked as a disc jockey in the Italian capital | |
Police suggested the fan may have been killed by a warning shot. | Police suggested the fan may have been killed by a warning shot. |
The exact details of the shooting are unclear and an investigation is underway. | The exact details of the shooting are unclear and an investigation is underway. |
News of the death prompted anger among Italian fans. | News of the death prompted anger among Italian fans. |
In Bergamo, where Atalanta were playing AC Milan, police and fans clashed ahead of the match. | In Bergamo, where Atalanta were playing AC Milan, police and fans clashed ahead of the match. |
The game was abandoned 10 minutes after kick-off, when fans tried to smash down a barrier and force their way onto the pitch. | The game was abandoned 10 minutes after kick-off, when fans tried to smash down a barrier and force their way onto the pitch. |
Barricaded in | |
Sunday's late match between AS Roma and Cagliari in Rome was also postponed. | Sunday's late match between AS Roma and Cagliari in Rome was also postponed. |
Rioters set vehicles alight near Rome's Stadio Olimpico | |
But a crowd of people wielding rocks and clubs turned up outside the Stadio Olimpico and attacked a police barracks and the HQ of the Italian Olympic Committee. | |
Security guards in the HQ barricaded themselves in as fans outside smashed windows and burned vehicles as they clashed with police. | |
The mob blocked off one end of a bridge over the Tiber and ordered motorists to leave the area. | |
Scores of police were injured. | |
In April the Italian government introduced a law aimed at stamping out football hooliganism. | In April the Italian government introduced a law aimed at stamping out football hooliganism. |
It was enacted after a policeman was killed in rioting at a match in Sicily in February. | It was enacted after a policeman was killed in rioting at a match in Sicily in February. |