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Italian Football Fan Gabriele Sandri Tragically Shot Dead by Police |
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Written by Staff Writer
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Nov 11, 2007 at 03:08 PM |
One fan was slain by the police during a fight between rival supporters in Italy, said the officials.
Local authorities said there was a "tragic mistake" to the police intervened to suppress the violence between supporters of the Roman team Lazio and Juventus Turin-based.
The victim, a Lazio fan was on his way to an Inter Milan-Lazio game when he was shot dead in a highway rest stop near the Tuscan town of Arezzo.
Later about 200 armed followers attacked a police barracks in Rome.
The Inter-Lazio match was postponed after the shootout and other games started 10 minutes late, with players and officials wearing black armbands.
The Juventus fans were on their way from Naples to a distance match against Parma.
"It was a tragic mistake," said the police chief Vincenzo Arezzo Jacob.
"Our representative had intervened to prevent the continued finally emerged between these two groups, which had not been identified as supporters," said Mr. Jacob, according to the Italian news agency Ansa.
The victim was identified as Gabriel Sandri, 26 years, disc jockey from Rome.
He was apparently shot while driving off the highway.
Police have suggested that the ventilator can be slain by a warning shot.
The exact details of the shooting are unclear and an investigation is underway.
Gabriele Sandri worked as a disc jockey in the Italian capital
News of the death prompted anger among Italian fans.
In Bergamo, Atalanta played AC Milan, the police and fans clashed before the game.
The game was 10 minutes after the kick-off, when fans tried to crush a barrier and force their way on the ground.
Sunday late match between AS Roma and Cagliari in Rome, was also postponed.
A crowd of people wielding rocks and clubs, then attacked a police barracks close to the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
Fans crushed diamonds and cars on fire, then collided with the police.
In April, the Italian government has passed a law aimed at stamping out hooliganism.
It was issued after a policeman was slain in clashes in a match in Sicily in the month of February. |
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