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Ultras unite in protest marches Sunday 11 November, 2007
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Groups of Ultras all over Italy are uniting for
protest marches this evening and Roma-Cagliari may be called off.
The supporters are furious after the Lega Calcio decided to go ahead with
most of today’s Serie A games despite the tragic death of Lazio fan Gabriele
Sandri, who was struck by a stray bullet from a police officer’s gun.
Only Inter-Lazio was postponed, but the aggressive reaction of the fans at the
Stadio Azzurri d’Italia forced the referee to abandon Atalanta-Milan after
just eight minutes of play.
The Orobici Ultras threw objects and attempted to smash the Plexiglas divider
to stop the game from continuing.
Now there are reports of two giant protest marches in Milan and Rome in mourning
for 26-year-old Sandri – a famous DJ in the Rome area – and in a show of
solidarity against what they claim is heavy-handed policing.
The Lazio Ultras have asked to meet with their Roma counterparts to discuss a
course of action so that tonight’s planned Week 12 match against Cagliari can
be called off. Kick-off is expected at 19.30 UK time at the Stadio Olimpico.
In Milan there is a meeting between Ultras representing Inter, Milan, Atalanta,
Brescia and more from the north of Italy.
The incredible tension between organised fan groups and police escalated further
when the lawyer for slain supporter Sandri accused the authorities of
manslaughter, if not worse.
“This was a crime perpetrated by the police. Listen to the fans who were
witnesses, they saw it,” slammed lawyer Luigi Conti. “It was target practice.”
The agent who fired the gun is interviewed this evening to find out exactly what
happened, as the chain of events is still unclear.
It is known that a small group of Juventus and Lazio supporters – who were
travelling to their respective games in Parma and Milan separately rather than
as part of an organised Ultras tribe – had a fight in a motorway service
station in Badia al Pino, Arezzo.
A traffic police car was driving nearby and spotted the melee, then a shot was
fired and accidentally struck Sandri, who was sitting in the back of a Renault
Megane driven by the Lazio fans.
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