Rome's police chief defends tactics

Rome‘s Prefect of Police Achille Serra has claimed his men had no choice but to quell trouble between Roma and Manchester United supporters on Wednesday and claimed the officers on duty had come under threat from English supporters.

Rome‘s Prefect of Police Achille Serra has claimed his men had no choice but to quell trouble between Roma and Manchester United supporters on Wednesday and claimed the officers on duty had come under threat from English supporters.

Serra was speaking at a press conference in Rome in which he showed video images to back up his version of events in which he claimed United fans provoked the trouble.

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