Lazio on Thursday condemned the attack carried out last night by radicals from its team on Real Sociedad fans, which left 9 injured, 2 of them hospitalized – although their lives are not in danger danger -, and offered their cooperation to the Italian authorities and assured that “he will act harshly by applying the strictest measures.”
“While awaiting the evolution of the investigation into the events that took place during the night, SS Lazio, condemning all forms of violence, offers the authorities maximum cooperation and, as soon as the investigations are completed, when the involvement of members has been proven by his fans, will act harshly by applying strict measures,” the club explained in an official statement.
The condemnation of Lazio was added to the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieriwhich also “strongly rejected these scenes of insane violence that hurt the city, its citizens and the spirit of sport” in a statement from the City Council.
“I trust that the investigations of the police forces will soon shed light on those responsible, because the capital of Italy does not want and does not deserve to be remembered for such atrocities,” he concluded. Gualtieri.
9 royalist fans were attacked with objects and sharp weapons somewhere in the center of Rome by around 80 Lazio ultras, sparking a real fight on the eve of Thursday’s Europa League match at the Olympic stadium in Rome.
Police sources told EFE that 6 injured were taken to hospital, of which two remain hospitalized, one with a reserved prognosis and the other with a 30-day recovery prognosis, although neither of the two ” in danger.”
The other four hospitalized fans were discharged in the last few hours with prognoses of between 12 and 5 days of recovery, while the 3 injured did not want to receive medical attention.
“It all happened around 11:00 pm local time (10:00 pm GMT), when a group of about 70 royalist fans were attacked by about 80 Lazio ultras when they were somewhere in central Via Leonina, using blunt and sharp objects,” they explained. the sources.
Upon arriving at the scene, the agents seized many sharp objects and short weapons, while several ultras were arrested in the adjacent streets after fleeing due to the alarm raised by some residents.
Police have opened an investigation to find other possible perpetrators of the incidents, also using images from video surveillance systems, the sources added.
In the photos, viral on ‘X’ and published by the ‘Hooligans.cz Official’ account, you can see how during the fierce battle that took place in the area, chairs flew and flares were constantly thrown from one side to the other one to , after a few minutes of fighting, the royalist followers left the area pursued by the ‘Ultras Lazio’, who even attacked some stray Basque fans.
The aforementioned account also published a photo in which a ‘txuri urdin’ fan is seen slightly injured on the left side with some kind of sharp object.
Source: La Verdad
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