Prosecutors in Turin on Friday
asked for mayor Chiara Appendino and 14 others to be sent to
trial for disaster, injury and culpable homicide in relation to
the stampede that killed one person in left over 1,500 injured
during an open air screening of the Champions League Final on
June 3,2017, in Turin's Piazza San Carlo.
Other suspects include former city cabinet chief Paolo
Giordana and the then police commissioner Angelo Sanna.
Prosecutors believe the event was badly organised and should
not have been allowed to take place.
A parallel police investigation claims the chaos was caused
by a group of young pickpocketers using pepper spray.
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