ROME: A hardcore of Lazio and AS Roma football fans may have worked together to start a riot which caused the Rome derby to be abandoned on Sunday, politicians said on Monday.
Police arrested 18 supporters from both sides, some of them known hooligans, after the hotly-anticipated match turned into a six-hour pitched battle between police and fans that left more than 170 people injured.
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