9 Actual Sociedad followers had been injured in central Rome throughout clashes with Lazio supporters on the eve of Thursday’s Europa League match between the 2 groups, police mentioned.
About 70 Spanish supporters had been attacked by round 80 Lazio supporters in By way of Leonina, close to the Colosseum, at about 11pm native time (10pm GMT) on Wednesday, a Rome police spokesperson mentioned.
Six of the 9 individuals wounded had been taken to hospital, and 4 had been discharged in a single day. Of the 2 nonetheless hospitalised, one was in vital, however not life-threatening situation, police mentioned.
Attackers used blunt objects and knives, police added, releasing an image of weapons presumed to have been used, together with a hammer, sticks and batons, wrenches and a sequence.
The attackers fled because the police arrived, the spokesperson mentioned.
