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Post by Arnold on Nov 11, 2007 17:35:02 GMT -1
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.
The victim, a Lazio fan, was shot during the clash at a motorway rest stop near the Tuscan city of Arezzo.
The Lazio fans were travelling to a match against Inter Milan, which has been postponed following the death.
Other games started 10 minutes late with players and officials wearing black armbands.
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.
"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.
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.
The exact details of the shooting are unclear and an investigation is underway.
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.
The game was abandoned 10 minutes after kick-off, when fans tried to smash down a barrier and force their way onto the pitch.
Sunday's late match between AS Roma and Cagliari in Rome was also postponed.
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.
Tragic. RIP.
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Nov 11, 2007 17:44:49 GMT -1
How can a warning shot be fired into the air... that kills someone?!?!
RIP.
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Post by Sterland (S4E) on Nov 11, 2007 17:52:53 GMT -1
Just read that on BBC... Yet this shit happens all the time over there. (Maybe not so serious but the scraps etc..) Go watch a game in Turkey, go watch a game in Italy, go watch a game in Scotland.... Yet the twats in UEFA think WE are the thugs?  |
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Nov 11, 2007 18:07:49 GMT -1
Just read that on BBC... Yet this shit happens all the time over there. (Maybe not so serious but the scraps etc..) Go watch a game in Turkey, go watch a game in Italy, go watch a game in Scotland.... Yet the twats in UEFA think WE are the thugs? Well said Ster. 'Tis tragic but an English disease? |
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Nov 11, 2007 18:11:44 GMT -1
Just read that on BBC... Yet this shit happens all the time over there. (Maybe not so serious but the scraps etc..) Go watch a game in Turkey, go watch a game in Italy, go watch a game in Scotland.... Yet the twats in UEFA think WE are the thugs? Well said Ster. 'Tis tragic but an English disease? We just contracted it. |
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Nov 11, 2007 18:12:37 GMT -1
Well said Ster. 'Tis tragic but an English disease? We just contracted it. Looks that way. |
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Post by Neko Bazu on Nov 12, 2007 8:50:10 GMT -1
Just about sums their "fans" up really  |
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Post by C@V on Nov 12, 2007 9:01:01 GMT -1
I've no sympathy! SHOOT MORE OF EM I SAY! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Post by thales on Nov 12, 2007 14:00:54 GMT -1
Officer 'rues' killing Lazio fan
The Italian policeman who fired the shot that killed a football fan on Sunday has said his gun went off as he ran to stop rival supporters fighting.
The unnamed policeman, who has been in the force for 12 years, told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that he had not aimed at anyone.
The fatal shooting in the Tuscan city of Arezzo sparked one of Italy's worst days of football-related violence.
Football officials and authorities are meeting to decide their response.
Last season Italy's football programme was badly disrupted after a policeman was killed in a riot in Sicily.
'May you be cursed forever'
Sunday's violence erupted after the shooting of Gabriele Sandri, 26, at a motorway service station.
Around 40 police were injured in the nationwide disorder.
What a fool... I have destroyed two families, that of this boy and mine
The policeman who fired the shot
The Lazio fan, from Rome, was hit by a bullet in the neck as he sat in a car while police tried to stop fighting between followers of his team and Juventus supporters.
Floral tributes and football scarves were laid outside the shop owned by the family of the dead disc jockey in the Italian capital on Monday.
A note posted on the window of the premises read: "Yesterday a disgusting b*****d killed my son. May you be cursed forever."
But the policeman who fired the shot told Corriere della Sera it was a tragic mistake.
The officer said he fired his pistol more than 200m (660ft) away from Mr Sandri, who was sitting in a car on his way to see Lazio play Inter Milan.
"I was not aiming anywhere, I was not pointing at anyone," the policeman was quoted by the newspaper as saying.
"The first shot I fired in the air and the second went off as I was running. What a fool. Now I know what happened, I am devastated.
"Now I have destroyed two families, that of this boy and mine," he added.
An autopsy was being carried out on Mr Sandri's body on Monday.
Italian PM Romano Prodi has called for a full investigation into the shooting, and described the resulting disorder as "very worrying".
The president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said he was preparing to announce major changes.
"It is a day in which there will be major institutional steps taken," Giancarlo Abete told RAI radio on Monday.
The worst of the disorder was in Rome - home of Lazio - where hundreds of armed fans blocked off one end of a bridge over the River Tiber and torched vehicles.
Sunday's late match between AS Roma and Cagliari was postponed but supporters wielding rocks and clubs turned up anyway outside the Stadio Olimpico.
The mob also attacked a police barracks and the city headquarters of the Italian Olympic Committee, the body which oversees all sport in Italy.
ITALY'S ANTI-HOOLIGANISM LAW
Matches behind closed doors if stadiums do not meet safety regulations
No bulk ticket sales
Preventative bans can be issued to suspected hooligans
Quick trials and harsh sentences for firework and weapon offences inside stadiums
More severe punishments imposed for resisting arrest
Warrants issued from photo or video evidence in 48 hours
Increased search powers
Self-regulation committee set up for sports media
Across Italy seven of the Serie A games started 10 minutes late. Players wore black armbands but atmospheres remained tense.
In other developments:
Fans in Milan hurled rocks at a police station and beat up two journalists
In Bergamo, a match between Atalanta and AC Milan was abandoned 10 minutes after kick-off during an attempted pitch invasion
Supporters in Siena shouted "murderers" at police
There was also violence at lower league games in southern Italy.
The disorder comes after the Italian government introduced a law in April designed to stamp out football hooliganism following the death of a policeman in rioting at a match in Sicily in February.
Italy's league programme was suspended, and some matches were then played behind closed doors.
bbc
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Nov 12, 2007 17:26:38 GMT -1
Well this won't help  It'll leave to more violence.. news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7091306.stmtaly's sports minister has called on the Italian Football Federation to suspend the league championship after the latest outbreak of fan violence.
Across the country, games were halted and police were attacked after a Lazio fan was shot by a policeman on Sunday.
"I've asked if there is the possibility of a strong gesture, in particular suspending the championships for a few weeks," said Giovanna Melandri.
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Nov 12, 2007 18:27:23 GMT -1
Italy should be thrown out of the Euro Championship next year and the place given to us  |
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Nov 12, 2007 21:28:54 GMT -1
Neither Italy nor any other nation will ever be punished like we were. UEFA and FIFA hate us and i reckon World Cup draws are always loaded to make our groups difficult so we face as early an exit as poss.
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Post by ovechkin8 on Nov 13, 2007 21:35:05 GMT -1
Tis cobblers.
A group with Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago & Paraguay is hardly the group of death . Its just that we dont actually have as many world class players as we'd like to believe.
Apparently a witness says the policeman aimed & fired with purpose ie murder.
Most fans did not participate in the hooliganism.Just like here there is a thuggish element that need to be sorted out usually amongst & from the ultras of each club .
Unless the Italian authorities & clubs who live in fear of these mobsters take action nothing will change.
If this had happenened here UEFA would have come down on us like a ton of bricks & 2018 would have been taken away just like that as old Tommy Cooper would have said.
However UEFA can do little if the Italian authorities just keep sitting on their hands. Milandri has a job on hers.
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It'll leave to more violence.. 
