Clashes between hundreds of fans of Naples and Rome on the highway.
Tensions exploded on the A1 Milan-Naples, between Valdichiana and Arezzo, in the direction of Florence, with kilometers of queues near the Badia Al Pino service area. One person was injured and taken to hospital in Arezzo.
At first there was talk of an ambush set up by a group of Napoli ultras - on their way to Genoa for the match against Sampdoria - on the Romanists in transit to reach the San Siro for the match against Milan, with mutual throwing of stones and tear gas and police intervention.
But on the table of the Arezzo police station there is also the hypothesis that the fans, in that autogrill, had made an appointment. In the images published on social networks, many hooligans with distorted faces and with sticks and bars are seen, throwing tear gas canisters from one side of the motorway to the other and at cars passing by on the A1 . The police blocked the violent men, then the two groups of fans left again - escorted by police cars - and the highway reopened.
"An act that has endangered traffic safety and caused enormous inconvenience in a fundamental artery for our road system," said the prosecutor of the Republic of Arezzo Roberto Rossi. "The investigative activities aimed at identifying those responsible for the violence are already underway, also by viewing the video material acquired, on the basis of which the judicial authority will be informed and the issuance of disqualification measures under the jurisdiction of the Quaestor will be evaluated". the Police said.
In the same service area, sixteen years ago, Gabriele Sandri, a supporter of Lazio, was mortally wounded . It happened on November 11, 2007: the agent Luigi Spaccarotella fired a pistol shot in an attempt to disperse the clashes between Juventus and Lazio fans. The bullet reached 26-year-old Gabriele Sandri who was in the service area waiting for some friends to reach Milan for the Inter-Lazio match.
(Unioneonline/D)