Some 1,000 Galatasaray fans on
Thursday threw flares and firecrackers in Rome's central Piazza
del Popolo square as they marched towards Villa Borghese park,
where buses are on hand to take them to the Olympic Stadium
where the Turkish team faces Lazio in the Europa League tonight.
Police searched the fans and checked their banners before
letting them on the buses.
Rome police headquarters said fans from the two sides "made
contact on Wednesday night in the Ponte Milvio area" and that
two Turkish team supporters were arrested for possession of
"significant quantities of hallucinogenic drugs".
The police have stopped and ID'd over 200 fans in central
Rome as part of Police Commissioner Nicolò D'Angelo's security
plan for the capital. No arrests were made, police sources said.
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