The mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtierithis Thursday condemned the attack made last night by Lazio’s ‘ultras’ on Real Sociedad fans, which left 9 injured, 2 of them hospitalized, although their lives are not in danger.
“The attack on Spain fans is hurting the city,” the mayor said, describing as “shameful and unacceptable” the images of last night’s attacks on Spain fans in Rome.
The City Council “strongly rejects these scenes of insane violence that hurt the city, its citizens and the spirit of sport,” it added in a statement.
“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 (22:00 GMT), when a group of around 70 royalist fans were attacked by around 80 Lazio ultras when they were somewhere in the central Via Leonina , using blunt and sharp objects,” the sources explained.
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.
In September, ‘ultra’ fans of Roma, another team in the city, attacked some Athletic Club fans who were also traveling for a Europa League match.
Source: La Verdad
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