Rome - "Let's kill everyone." This was the cry of the last of the procession of 80 Lazio ultras who, on the night of January 22, spread panic in the streets of the Monti district, a few steps from the Colosseum. A real manhunt unleashed against the Basque fans who arrived in the capital on the eve of the Europa League match between Lazio and Real Sociedad.
Tensions erupt outside the Irish pub finnegan, where about 70 supporters of the Spanish team had gathered to spend the evening. A sudden, violent attack that turned into urban guerrilla warfare. The Biancocelesti ultras broke in, forcing the Basque fans to flee desperately through the streets of the neighborhood.
The residents of the Monti district, awakened by the chaos, filmed the scene with their smartphones from their windows, immortalizing an unprecedented spiral of violence. The images tell the horror: a group of at least five Lazio ultras attacking a Spaniard who fell to the ground. The man was hit with repeated and ferocious kicks to the head. At the end of the punitive expedition, three Real Sociedad fans were stabbed.
According to initial reports, the Lazio ultras' attack was a real punitive expedition, planned with the intent of intimidating and attacking opposing fans. The choice of the Finnegan pub was not accidental: the venue is known as a meeting point for many foreign fans who come to Rome for matches.
Videos shot by residents show scenes of extreme violence, including screams, objects being thrown, and bodies lying on the ground.
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The police are analyzing the videos to identify those responsible for the attacks. The violence of the ultras is now a phenomenon that can no longer be ignored, and the Monti case turns the spotlight back on the need for decisive intervention to counter these excesses.
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