They had inserted real daggers inside the flag poles before the Padua-Mantua match (which ended 5-0 for the guests in the Serie C championship). Those who remained in disbelief during the pre-filtering operations to enter the Euganeo were the same agents who made the discovery and immediately proceeded with the seizure. “The danger and deadly nature of what was found and seized from some fans by colleagues from the Second Mobile Department on the occasion of the match on 8 January says a lot about what the real intentions of some of them were that day” underlines the secretary general of the Fsp Veneto police union Maurizio Ferrara. “There is in fact no valid reason in attempting to introduce weapons that are as lethal as they are insidious into a stadium.” The possible consequences of the action are clear to the police: “The authors of this serious gesture had created spaces inside the flag poles where handle blades had been hidden which, if used during possible clashes, could have really caused bad if you don’t slaughter someone.”
The police: “Tired of counting injuries and deaths”
Images were shot documenting how the weapons disappeared inside the poles: red handle with a yellow band, sharp tip, the dagger slides and disappears inside, leaving only a knob visible that seems to be that of the flag support. A condition of extreme danger which also sparked a union-type reaction from the agents: “Violence in stadiums is a phenomenon that must stop as soon as possible” continues Ferrara. “As a police union we are tired of having to count every Sunday among our colleagues who are injured or even dead and we are tired of having to pay a price that no other job imposes on you. We believe that the organization of some sporting events should be rethought, since we cannot always count on the police alone who daily expose themselves to risks that are both great and gratuitous”.
2024-01-10 17:55:50
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