- Cska Moscow fans wounded. The chronicle from the Rome underground
- Rome, unrest in the subway. Give up an escalator. 5 Russian fans were also injured
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October 23, 2018 It would have been an escalator to surrender in the Repubblica station of the subway A of Rome causing more than twenty wounded. According to some rumors, it was the fans who caused the failure. Among the injured, several Russian supporters of CSKA in Moscow, in the capital for the Champions League match against Roma, would be counted. They have been taken from 118 in different hospitals.Firefighters: 7 fans in red code
"There are 7 people in red code, we have to go into what happened, certainly a strange thing. There has been a structural failure". The provincial fire brigade commander Giampietro Boscaino said so. "Upon our arrival we found people stacked on the last part of the escalator, most of them with injuries to their lower limbs."
The amateur video of what happened
The images of the incident were released on social media. You see several people on the escalator brought down very quickly.
В Риме перед матчем # РомаЦСКА на одной из центральных станций метро вышел из строя эскалатор с болельщиками, есть серьёзно пострадавшие (с) pic.twitter.com/4hslg9ySBt
- Фанаты ЦСКА ★ RBWorld (@RBWorldorg) October 23, 2018Rescuers: hopping on the escalator
The incident occurred while on the train platform there were about 40 other fans and as many were outside the station. The Fire Brigade, the Police and the 118 intervened on the spot. The Repubblica Metro A station in Rome was closed "for reasons of public order". According to the rescuers, the collapse would have been caused by the fact that "the fans were hopping on the escalator all at the same time".
The testimony: an apocalypse
"I have just witnessed an apocalypse scene. One of the mobile stops for the descent, one meter from me, has begun to accelerate very fast as if it had gone mad." These are the first words of a witness who witnessed the collapse of the escalator that took place in the 'Repubblica' metro station in Rome. "I could not see wounded in the upper part, but in the lower part of the staircase, someone has certainly fallen. There were Army and controllers, they also took at least two minutes to understand what was happening. I wonder: no emergency stairs? they are just escalators in that stop. A 15-meter escalator cannot go crazy ... what happens to this city? I can't understand the dynamics. "
Prosecutor opens file for injuries
The Rome Public Prosecutor opened an investigation file in connection with the collapse of the escalator in the Repubblica metro station. The magistrates hypothesize the crime of injuries and are awaiting information from the police on the scene of the accident.
Republic station seized
The police have seized the entire area of the Repubblica metro station. According to what has been learned, the trains will transit without stopping. According to police sources, the seizure of the entire area took place to carry out investigations and establish any responsibilities. Police investigate the matter.
Atac opens investigation
Atac opened an investigation to investigate the dynamics of this evening's incident in the Repubblica metro station where an escalator collapsed and injured several people. The company is not expressing itself and is waiting to hear more details.
Atac: maintenance every month
"The checks and maintenance of the Rome metro escalators inside the stations are done on a monthly basis. And this has also affected the Repubblica station." This is what Atac company sources said when asked about the maintenance of the escalators of the Repubblica metro station, after today's accident.
Mayor of Rome Rays: closeness to the wounded
"We came here to understand what happened. From the statements of some witnesses it seems that some fans were jumping and dancing on the stairs, but now we have to understand". This was declared by the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, who came for a visit to the Repubblica metro station A. "I know that Atac has launched an investigation - he added -. In the meantime I express solidarity and closeness to the wounded on behalf of the city of Rome "The city of Rome is available to their families for everything they need at this time."
#Roma #metro #repubblica, update 9:00 pm: after the first phase of the #vigilidelfuoco intervention, all the wounded were rescued and sent to the hospitals. The safety intervention pic.twitter.com/PpqwYlmBDm continues
- Fire Brigade (@emergenzavvf) October 23, 2018Fan recognized and arrested
A Russian fan was recognized and arrested this evening in Piazza della Repubblica while the wounded rescue operations were in progress. The young man is accused of having participated yesterday in a brawl inside a bar in the capital. The young man was handcuffed and put in a police car.
Stabbed Russian fan, two bruised
Other incidents around the Italian capital have involved other Russian citizens. A CSKA fan was stabbed and two bruised in clashes between the supporters of Moscow and Rome near the Duca d'Aosta bridge, near the Olympic stadium. The police have also used hydrants.