It wasn’t just a party night. Or, at least, not for everyone. There was an attack with spiked sticks on the police escorting the Lazio which caused five arrests among the Neapolitans. Below is the press release from the Police Headquarters:
“Last night, as part of the services provided for public order and safety on the occasion of the Napoli-Lazio football match, the contingent of the police placed to protect some means of Lazio fans approaching the stadium was attacked in via Barbagallo with bottles, smoke bombs and firecrackers by a group of Neapolitan fans misrepresented with helmets and balaclavas and armed with spiked sticks, intending to come into contact with the visiting fans.
The operators reached the attackers who put up a lively resistance with clubs, helmets and straps, blocking seven of them.
In the circumstance, six policemen suffered bruises.
Five Neapolitans, between 30 and 39 years old, some of whom with police precedents and already subjected to Daspo, were arrested for resisting a Public Official as well as for various reasons also for possession or use of instruments capable of offending during sporting events ; two were also reported for aggravated injuries and one also for having violated the Daspo measure to which he is currently subjected.
The other two, aged 36 and 25, the latter with a police background, were reported for resistance to a Public Official and possession of tools capable of offending at sporting events. For all seven, belonging to the Neapolitan ultras groups, the procedure for the issue of the Daspo was started.
Furthermore, during the pre-filtering services for access to the stadium, the policemen sanctioned 6 people for violating the rules of use of the sports facility, three because in possession of a ticket that does not correspond to the holder and the others for detention of narcotic substance for personal use.
Finally, in via Giambattista Marino, as part of the services to combat the phenomenon of unauthorized parking lots arranged by the Police Headquarters, soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza denounced a 40-year-old Neapolitan because he was caught again exercising the activity of illegal parking “.
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