A probe into a deadly stampede
among people watching the Champions League final between
Juventus and Real Madrid that killed one woman and injured 1,500
in a Turin square last June 3 has ended, judicial sources said
Thursday.
The end of the probe means that requests for indictments are
set to be made, the sources said.
Mayor Chiara Appendino and the city's police chief and
prefect are among those probed.
Appendino said Thursday she had received notification that
the probe had been completed on Wednesday evening.
"I remain at the disposal of the magistrature, as I have
always been," she said.
In December Turin Prefect Renato Saccone was placed under
investigation for the stampede that injured 1,500 in the
northern city's San Carlo Square when a crowd panicked while
watching the Champions League final between local team Juventus
and Real Madrid.
One woman died after days in hospital.
Several other people including Appendino were already under
investigation in the probe.
On November 6 Appendino said in a statement that she had
received notification that she is under investigation over the
stampede in the city's Piazza San Carlo during the big-screen
projection of the June 3 Champions League soccer final between
Juventus and Real Madrid, when the false terror scare set off a
wave of panic.
Turin Police Chief Angelo Sanna was one of 20 recipients of
the judicial notifications sent out in relation to the Piazza
San Carlo stampede.
Sanna had only been in the position for a month when the
stampede took place.
Appendino's former chief of staff Paolo Giordana, two senior
Turin police officials, a council employee and two directors of
Turismo Torino, the city body that was tasked with organizing
the event, were also given notice.
The 20 people were summoned to appear before prosecutors for
questioning.
Investigators are probing alleged culpable homicide and
bodily harm and culpable disaster.
Investigators questioned about 200 people over the past five
months.
Erika Pioletti, 38, died at Turin's Giovanni Bosco hospital
two weeks after suffering a crush-induced heart attack in the
stampede.
Pioletti, from the northern city of Domodossola, had
travelled to the city to watch the match with her boyfriend, a
big Juventus fan.
Another woman, who was out for a walk with her husband and
was not in the area for the game, was left severely disabled by
the stampede.
Many of the people who were injured have given harrowing
reports of being trampled on, or trampling on others.
The reason the panic swept through the crowd watching Juve
lose 4-1 to Real Madrid has not been established.
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