The Anonymous Widower

Iron Bars

I know it is a serious matter, but it is being reported that Spurs supporters have been attacked in Rome using iron bars. It’s here on the BBC web site. This is an extract.

The owner of the bar, Mario Manzi, told the BBC: “At 1am there were around 30 English fans here, plus some American students, and some Italians.

“At some point, from around the corner, some 40 guys, all wearing helmets, faces covered with scarves, came here, destroyed that window, and came in.

“The English people hid behind here, and everything was destroyed. There were rocks, iron bars, everything.”

He said: “The English fans were very calm, they weren’t even drunk, then these men with heads covered came barging in throwing cobblestones. They had clubs and metal rods. It lasted about 20 minutes.”

Now where do you get iron bars from? Not that I want to get any.  But it does seem to be an expression used with violence.

November 22, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | News, Sport | Football, Italy, Violence