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| Italy fans rampage after killing | Italy fans rampage after killing |
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| Italian football fans have reacted violently inside and outside stadiums following the police shooting of a Lazio supporter. | Italian football fans have reacted violently inside and outside stadiums following the police shooting of a Lazio supporter. |
| Gabriele Sandri, 26, was shot in what police called a "tragic error" as they tried to stop violence between rival fans at a motorway stop in Tuscany. | Gabriele Sandri, 26, was shot in what police called a "tragic error" as they tried to stop violence between rival fans at a motorway stop in Tuscany. |
| A match between Atalanta and AC Milan was stopped as fans and police clashed. There was violence at other games. | A match between Atalanta and AC Milan was stopped as fans and police clashed. There was violence at other games. |
| Later hundreds of fans rampaged in Rome and there were more protests in Milan. | Later hundreds of fans rampaged in Rome and there were more protests in Milan. |
| Police chiefs, politicians and football administrators will be meeting on Monday to seek to limit the damage from the weekend's incidents. | Police chiefs, politicians and football administrators will be meeting on Monday to seek to limit the damage from the weekend's incidents. |
| Bus torched | Bus torched |
| The worst violence was in the capital, where hundreds of armed fans attacked a police barracks and the Italian Olympic Committee headquarters. | The worst violence was in the capital, where hundreds of armed fans attacked a police barracks and the Italian Olympic Committee headquarters. |
| In pictures: killing aftermath | In pictures: killing aftermath |
| Sunday's late match between AS Roma and Cagliari had been postponed as a precaution but fans wielding rocks and clubs turned up outside the Stadio Olimpico. | Sunday's late match between AS Roma and Cagliari had been postponed as a precaution but fans wielding rocks and clubs turned up outside the Stadio Olimpico. |
| Security guards in the Olympic headquarters barricaded themselves in as fans outside smashed windows and burned vehicles as they clashed with police. | Security guards in the Olympic headquarters 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. | The mob blocked off one end of a bridge over the Tiber and ordered motorists to leave the area. |
| A bus was torched and several people including police were injured. | A bus was torched and several people including police were injured. |
| There were also angry scenes in central Milan near the offices of the broadcaster RAI, as fans hurled rocks at a police station and beat up two journalists. | There were also angry scenes in central Milan near the offices of the broadcaster RAI, as fans hurled rocks at a police station and beat up two journalists. |
| Gabriele Sandri worked as a disc jockey in the Italian capital | Gabriele Sandri worked as a disc jockey in the Italian capital |
| 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. |
| In Siena, supporters shouted "murderers" at police. | In Siena, supporters shouted "murderers" at police. |
| There was also violence at lower league games in southern Italy. | There was also violence at lower league games in southern Italy. |
| Seven of the top league games started 10 minutes late with players wearing black armbands although atmospheres remained tense. | Seven of the top league games started 10 minutes late with players wearing black armbands although atmospheres remained tense. |
| Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi called for a full investigation into the shooting and said the violence was "very worrying". | Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi called for a full investigation into the shooting and said the violence was "very worrying". |
| 'Tragic error' | 'Tragic error' |
| Mr Sandri, a 26-year-old disc jockey from Rome, was a Lazio fan on his way to a match with Inter Milan. | Mr Sandri, a 26-year-old disc jockey from Rome, was a Lazio fan on his way to a match with Inter Milan. |
| The victim was shot near a motorway restaurant in Tuscany | The victim was shot near a motorway restaurant in Tuscany |
| Lazio fans and supporters of Juventus on their way to a match at Parma reportedly clashed at the service station near Arezzo. | Lazio fans and supporters of Juventus on their way to a match at Parma reportedly clashed at the service station near Arezzo. |
| Mr Sandri was apparently shot while in a car outside the motorway restaurant. | Mr Sandri was apparently shot while in a car outside the motorway restaurant. |
| Police suggested he may have been killed by a warning shot. | Police suggested he may have been killed by a warning shot. |
| The exact details of the shooting are unclear and an investigation is under way. | The exact details of the shooting are unclear and an investigation is under way. |
| "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 Inter-Lazio game was postponed. | The Inter-Lazio game was postponed. |
| 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. |
| The BBC's Frances Kennedy in Rome says that despite the new anti-hooliganism measures, Sunday's explosion of anger shows that violence is never far from the surface. | The BBC's Frances Kennedy in Rome says that despite the new anti-hooliganism measures, Sunday's explosion of anger shows that violence is never far from the surface. |
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