The German police had arrested 50 supporters of the national team deemed “high risk” and “in possession of dangerous objects”
June 16, 2024
They were all released the Italian fans stopped yesterday in Dortmund before Italy’s debut match at the European Championships against Albania. LaPresse learns this. The people arrested were released last night, after the match ended. Yesterday the Dortmund police reported that in the afternoon they stopped a group of “over 50 Italian ‘high-risk fans’” who “sought a confrontation with the Albanian fans”.
“The individuals in this group were in possession of dangerous objects. The timely intervention of our police forces prevented the meeting between the two fans. Over 50 people were taken into police custody,” a spokesperson for the Dortmund police told LaPresse yesterday. The Farnesina made it known that the matter had been followed with great attention from the beginning by the Italian embassy in Germany and recalled the presence of the so-called ‘mobile consulate’ as part of ‘Punto Italia’which remains a point of reference for the thousands of Italian fans present in Germany to follow the European Championships.
They are banned from entering Dortmund
The group of about fifty fans was reported for “serious disturbance of public peace” and it was banned from entering the city of Dortmund. A spokeswoman for the city police told LaPresse. “A proceeding has been initiated against the group of Italian fans particularly serious violation of public peace. At the end of the police measures, the suspects were Entry into the urban area of Dortmund is prohibited“, has explained.
