Overview

• The bus carrying Pistoia Basket fans was struck on state road 79 near Contigliano after a Serie A2 game in Rieti, and a brick that pierced the windshield killed the 65-year-old co-driver.
• Roughly 50 supporters were on board and were physically uninjured, and a separate object hit the driver’s side without breaking through.
• Investigators say the assailants hid in a roadside ditch and hurled stones and other objects before fleeing.
• Police have questioned about a dozen Real Sebastiani Rieti supporters and interviewed passengers as witnesses, but no arrests have been announced.
• Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni and sport minister Andrea Abodi condemned the attack, and both clubs issued condolences with the home team distancing itself from the perpetrators.