Police have arrested five Genoa fans over Sunday’s clashes outside the Luigi Ferraris stadium before the Genoa-Inter match. The police made the arrests in a deferred manner after viewing the images from the video surveillance cameras and televisions.
Clashes before Genoa – Inter, 15 policemen injured. Investigations continue
What happened
According to what was reconstructed by Digos, a group of Genoans, starting from the Montaldo staircase, tried to attack the Nerazzurri fans as they arrived at the away section of the Genoese stadium. In addition to throwing firecrackers, paper bombs and smoke bombs, the group of fans, around 300 of them, attempted to break the cordon created by the mobile department officers to avoid contact between the two sets of fans, without succeeding.
Who are the arrested?
The five arrested subjects, all Italian and local, are aged between 23 and 47. One of them was in the past subjected to a special surveillance measure and is currently subject to an oral warning from the Police Commissioner, another is currently subject to an Urban DASPO, while the others are, in various capacities, already known for crimes against the person, against property and against the public administration.
Those arrested are being investigated for misrepresentation with the use of helmets or hoods, aggravated and complicit resistance to a public official, violations of the regulations regarding sporting events and aggravated damage.
Clashes in front of the stadium before Genoa-Inter, camera images seized
Video surveillance images
In particular, the investigations made it possible to unequivocally immortalize those arrested while they were carrying out extremely violent conduct, in the midst of the unrest: one of the subjects was filmed holding and forcefully throwing a heavy metal road sign against the Public Force, deployed to protect the away sector and placed between the Genoa and Inter fans.
The other arrested people were documented brandishing rods, sticks and belts, actively used to hit police officers, in a context of organized and repeated aggression.
