ROME (AP) — A bus driver was killed while helping bring home fans from a second-division basketball game in Italy in an act of violence that Premier Giorgia Meloni denounced Monday as “unacceptable and insane.”
The incident involving rocks thrown through the windows by opposing fans occurred Sunday night following a game in Rieti between RSR Sebastiani Rieti and Estra Pistoia.
The victim was the reserve driver for a bus carrying Pistoia fans back to Tuscany after the game.
“I trust that those responsible for this cowardly and criminal act will be identified and swiftly brought to justice,” Meloni added on X.
Authorities already had to intervene during halftime of the game when fans of the two teams clashed, La Repubblica reported, and police escorted the bus carrying the Pistoia fans u