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Article: Authorities detain 4 as violent fans riot in Rome following death of soccer fan
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- November 12, 2007
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Italian authorities detained four people Monday accused of taking part in riots triggered by the accidental killing of a soccer fan by a policeman _ the latest episode of soccer-related unrest in the country.
Gabriele Sandri, a 26-year-old disc jockey from Rome, died after getting hit in the neck by a bullet while sitting in a car when a policeman fired shots to disperse a clash Sunday.
Police said they intervened to stop a scuffle between two groups at a rest stop along the A1Autostrada highway in Tuscany _ Sandri's Lazio fans and a small group of Juventus fans.
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... ... Size JPG (938 KB) The brother of Gabriele Sandri, Cristiano Sandri (C), answers journalists questions next ... Giorgio (R) during a news conference in Rome 16 November 2007. Italian Gabriele Sandri, 28, was killed at a highway rest stop ...
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