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Feyenoord fans won't be tried for damaging Barcaccia

Not enough footage to identify culprits say investigators

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Brussels, September 1 - Feyenoord fans who damaged Rome's historic Barcaccia fountain in February won't be tried for it because Netherlands have not been able to identify the culprits, Dutch media reported Tuesday.
    The Dutch investigators reportedly complained they did not have enough footage of the February 19 incident.
    The damage caused by the fans who broke off pieces and scarred the famed fountain in Rome's Piazza di Spagna were estimated at about 5.2 million euros.
    The 17th-century Bernini masterpiece at the foot of the Spanish Steps had just recently been unveiled after a lengthy restoration.
    The masterpiece commissioned by Pope Urban VIII in 1627 is estimated to be worth 60 million euros.
    The drunken Dutch fans, defying a booze ban and spoiling for trouble ahead of a Europa League match against AS Roma, also caused damage estimated to be worth 158,000 euros for rampaging through the city and damaging buses they boarded after moving away from the Spanish Steps.
    Some 44 fans will be tried by a Dutch court for clashes with police, Dutch media said.
   

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