Ultrà Inter, for the death of Boiocchi fans forced to leave the stadium

Families forced by ultra leaders to leave north curve of San Siro at the end of the first half of Inter-Sampdoria, as a sign of mourning for the assassination of the multiple offender Vittorio Boiocchi, historical guide of the organized supporters of Inter. Fans kicked and punched, because they refused to leave the second green ring, as intimated by the coordinators of organized support, who saw an example in Boiocchi. While waiting for the hundreds of social complaints from fans who tell of being threatened and beaten to turn into real complaints, to be presented to the carabinieri and the police, Inter poses a problem: how to show solidarity to the supporters who despite themselves do not have been able to watch the game and above all how to prevent similar scenes from happening again. On this point, meetings are underway. Years ago, following criminal investigations on the relations between supporters and organized crime, Juventus chose the hard line: complaints, corporate daspo and strengthening of the video surveillance system at the stadium.

Social complaints of abuse and violence

The news of Boiocchi’s death reached the ultra leaders of Inter before the championship match between the Nerazzurri and the Sampdoria began. Immediately, banners and flags were made to disappear, and throughout the first half the organized fans followed the match in silence. At the end of the first half, the decision of the leaders of the organized supporters to leave the curve came. Some fans, who had paid for the ticket and in some cases had traveled hundreds of kilometers to be at the stadium, objected, claiming their right to see the game. The answer – judging from the social complaints and from the stories of the paramedics at San Siro – in several cases were insults, slaps, kicks and punches, even to fathers who had brought their underage children into the corners. Only a small group of fans remained inside the curve, close to the windows that separate the ultra sector from the second red ring, typically frequented by families.

The barriers of the stewards to prevent the fans from returning

During the second half, many hundreds of fans who had strayed from the curve in spite of themselves tried to return to other areas of the stadium to watch the game, trying to break through the barrier formed by the stewards, or asking them for an act of generosity. Both at the first green ring and in some areas of the orange, someone managed to enter. But thousands of people, who regularly paid for the ticket, did not have this luck. And in fact they lost half of the game. To help the stewards in the attempt to prevent people from entering sectors other than their competence, there were also law enforcement officers deployed in anti-riot gear. A situation of chaos, with several moments of tension. To identify the perpetrators of the threats and violence on the curve, the police present at the stadium have at their disposal the images of the cameras that monitor the plant, as well as those shot on the spot by the men of the Digos.