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Boro fans riot in Rome
15/03/2006 09:37 - (SA)
Rome - Middlesbrough fans clashed with
Italians in central Rome before baton-wielding police restored
order late on Tuesday, witnesses said.
Middlesbrough are due to play AS Roma in the Uefa Cup on
Wednesday and hundreds of English supporters have poured into
the Italian capital to watch the game.
Around 100 Middlesbrough and Roma fans hurled bottles at
each other in the central Campo de Fiori square, causing
tourists and locals to flee for cover.
Police in full-riot gear soon flooded the area and laid
into the fans with their batons. A number of English supporters
were hurt in the clashes, but Italy's Ansa newsagency said
there were no reports of serious injuries.
- Reuters
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