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A serious incident occurred on Sunday evening on the Rieti-Terni highway, where one of the drivers of the bus transporting Pistoia Basket fans died after being stoned near Contigliano.
According to initial reports, the bus was leaving the city to return to Tuscany after a Serie A2 match between Rieti and Estra Pistoia, won by the visitors. Shortly after the police escort ended, the vehicle was hit by stones and other objects thrown by unknown people.
One of the stones hit the second driver, Raffaele Marianella, who was in the passenger seat, and he died instantly. Unfortunately, the 65-year-old died immediately despite the intervention of the emergency team.
On board were fans of the Pistoia basketball team returning from the A2 league match held at PalaSojourner against Sebastiani Basket Rieti.
During the match at PalaSojourner, there were moments of tension in the stands, with police having to intervene to separate the fans.
Italian authorities have launched an investigation and it is initially reported that the as yet unidentified perpetrators were wearing hoods.
The mayor of Pistoia, Alessandro Tomasi, condemned the attack and expressed his condolences to the victim's family: "A criminal act, the attack with stones on the Pistoia Basket fans' bus after the match against Rieti. We stand with the family of the driver who was killed."
"But how can someone die like this, while returning home from a basketball game? The attack carried out this evening near Rieti by criminals who became murderers and who can never be called fans is shocking. Our condolences to the family of the second driver of the Pistoia fans' bus, who was shot dead," wrote Sports Minister Andrea Abodi on X.
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