(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 20 - Soccer hooligan arrests in Italy
doubled last year, according to the latest annual report out
Tuesday.
The number of people arrested for soccer violence rose from 59
in 2021-2022 to 125 in the 2022-23 season, said the new report
from the National Observatory on Sporting Events.
A total of 2,662 matches (381 in Serie A) were taken into
consideration.
Some 233,999 police were deployed (up from 175,296 in the
2021-22 season).
Injuries among civilians were 113 (66 in the previous season);
those among the police force 147 (72 in 2021-22).
There were some 2,011 ultras cited (compared to 1,480) and 125
arrested (compared to 59).
Also monitored, for the first time in this edition of the
report, were acts of racial, territorial and anti-Semitic
discrimination.
There were 126 of these. (ANSA).
Soccer hooligan arrests doubled last year
From 59 to 125, ultras cited up from 1,480 to 2,011