Fourteen people were hospitalised yesterday after Serbian fans clashed with Italian police following the aborted Euro 2012 qualifier between Italy and Serbia, the ANSA news agency reported.
Fourteen people were hospitalised yesterday after Serbian fans clashed with Italian police following the aborted Euro 2012 qualifier between Italy and Serbia, the ANSA news agency reported.
One of those in hospital was a member of Italy's paramilitary caribinieri who suffered an injury to the skull; one Serbian fan was in hospital with an injury to the face.
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After the game in the early hours of Wednesday morning Italian police kept those Serbian fans they considered to be the troublemakers hemmed into a gated parking area, with the intention of releasing them to coaches in small groups.
The clashes started when some of the fans managed to break out and police in riot gear moved in try to push them back inside the barriers.
The fans who caused the trouble at the match were linked to the two rival Serbian teams, Stella Rossa and Partizan Belgrade, ANSA reported, citing witnesses at the scene.
By 1:00 am (1100 GMT), coaches carrying the Serbian supporters had begun to leave the city, ANSA reported.
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