Italian police on Thursday
arrested one of Inter Milan's hardcore ultra fan leaders in
connection with scuffles ahead of the Boxing Day match with
Napoli in which an Inter fan was killed.
Nino Ciccarelli was taken into custody in Milan, sources
said.
They said another Inter ultra was also set to be arrested.
Ciccarelli, 49, founder of the Vikings ultra group in 1984,
has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for various crimes and is
still serving a five-year Daspo match attendance ban, sources
said.
He was involved in scuffles at Ascoli in 1988 in which fan
Nazareno Filippini was killed - a death over which he was
arrested but later cleared.
Inter and Varese ultra leader Daniele Belardinelli, 35, was
fatally run over during the scuffles, which occurred when Inter
fans attacked a column of vehicles carrying Napoli fans.
Inter won the match 1-0.
Another four Inter ultras have been arrested over the
incident including Marco Piovella aka 'Red', leader of the ultra
Boys group, and Luca Da Ros, who has been helping police with
their inquiries.
The number of people probed on charges of voluntary
manslaughter and aggravated violence in the investigation in
Milan on the clashes between Inter and Napoli fans has risen to
23, investigative sources said last week.
The voluntary manslaughter charge against all 23 suspects is
a key technical step to move the investigation forward, the
sources said.
Meanwhile, investigators are examining a second car seized by
police in Naples, which reportedly has dents to verify whether
they are compatible with the incident.
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