CSKA fans believed to have caused Rome escalator incident

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Wreckage of an escalator after it jammed at the metro station Repubblica in Rome. AFP

Around 20 people were injured Tuesday when an escalator leading to a metro station in central Rome collapsed in an accident believed to have been caused by Russian football fans, Italian media said.

The 'AGI' news agency said that "a large group of CSKA fans, probably under the influence of alcohol, began to jump together, provoking the collapse" of one part of the escalator.

CSKA Moscow was playing Roma in a Champions League match.

'Sky-TG24' television quoted police sources as saying that at least 20 people had been injured, mostly Russians, and that one was in serious condition.

'AGI' reported that around 15 CSKA fans had been hurt, two of them seriously.

October 23, 2018

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