Four more AS Roma fans were placed
under investigation Friday on suspicion of aiding and abetting
the shooting murder of Napoli fan Ciro Esposito outside the
Olympic Stadium.
The four, members of the hardline 'Ultrà' group of
hooligans who frequently battle rival club supporters in the
stands, are suspected of being accomplices of Roma fan Daniele
De Santis, 48, who has been charged with the slaying before
May's Italian cup final in the capital in which Napoli beat
Fiorentina 3-1.
Esposito, 28, died in a Rome hospital on June 25 after 50
days of intensive care and surgery.
De Santis allegedly launched the attack, one of the worst
outbreaks of soccer violence in Italy ever, by firing flares and
fireworks at a bus full of Napoli fans en route to see their
side defeat Fiorentina.
De Santis' accomplices fled the scene as soon as the Napoli
ultras counter-attacked, leaving him to fend for himself, at
which point he opened fire, prosecutors say.
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