BOLZANO. “Daspato” for 3 years for trying to instigate violence against a dozen young people and against Albanian supporters, after last Saturday’s European Championship match between Italy and Albania.
Extremely harsh hand from Bolzano Police Commissioner Paolo Sartori towards a man from Bolzanoreported for incitement to commit crimes for reasons of ethnic hatredfor not having complied with a provision of the Authority and for having refused to provide his personal details.
The events occurred on Saturday evening after the match between Italy and Albania, which represented the debut in the highest continental competition for both national teams.
Digos, which presided over the places where Italian fans usually meet for celebrations after victories of a certain importance (Piazza della Vittoria and Corso Libertà), noted that SB Bolzano, 40 years old, resident in the capital, with an altered manner, agitated manner, shouts and inciting gestures, was trying to stir up a dozen young peopleaccording to him belonging to Casapound and already known by the police as Bolzano Hockey fans, to follow him to physically clash with the Albanian fans, guilty according to the new leader of rejoicing for no reason despite the defeat.
The evening, it must be said, was spent in absolute tranquility with the fans of the two national teams who watched the match in total tranquility and in a spirit of absolute sportsmanship.
The officers, at that point, intervened and ordered the man to stop his dangerous behavior, as it could have started a fight in the square. In response, the 40-year-old shouted that “Those Albanians shouldn’t celebrate, it’s all ours here, the street is ours, now let’s make a mess.”
Despite numerous attempts by the officers to calm down and move away, the man did not move back an inch and continued to “order” the group of young people to prepare to act also during the next matches. At that point the men of the Digos blocked him and, only after a few minutes, the troublemaker desisted from all his bellicose intentions., provided his personal details and. At that point, the complaint was filed.
The Police Chief of Bolzano Sartori has opted for a 3-year Daspo, i.e. the ban on access to all places where sporting events take place on the national territory, as part of the activities planned by the Italian Football Federation and the Italian Ice Sports Federation. The ban also extends, for the period of two hours before and two hours after the end of the demonstrations, to railway stations, motorway toll booths, airports, motorway service stations and all other places involved in parking, transit or transport. of those who participate or watch the competitions.
“This was a very serious illicit conduct as instigating violence and clashes when hundreds of people are present in the square can cause serious problems for public order and safety, as well as for the safety of citizens and police personnel. Police Forces – observes Police Commissioner Sartori -. Exploiting sporting events to incite ethnic hatred is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. Hence the severe measures taken against this individual.”
