Inter fans leave stadium: Ultra leader shot dead in the street

Inter fans leave the stadium
Ultra leader shot dead on the street

Vittorio Boiocchi, one of Inter Milan’s most famous ultras, was no longer allowed to visit his club’s stadium. Shortly before the home game against Sampdoria, the 69-year-old is shot, any help comes too late. As the news broke, the legendary Curva Nord emptied.

Inter Milan won their home game against Sampdoria Genoa 3-0, but the eighth win in the twelfth game of the season is already a minor matter while the game is still going on. The Curva Nord, regular place for Inter fans, empties before half-time. Banners are rolled up, the chants stopped. The trigger is the news that is circulating in these moments: Vittorio Boiocchi, notorious leader of the Ultras of FC Internazionale, has been shot dead on the street on the outskirts of the northern Italian metropolis.

According to the police, five shots hit the 69-year-old. the Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Boiocchi was shot early in the evening not far from his home in the Figino district. Although he received immediate medical attention, he died shortly after his arrival at the hospital. The gun was pointed at his torso.

The crime happened shortly before the game kicked off in the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, as the legendary San Siro has been officially called for many years. Stefan de Vrij gave Inter the lead in the 20th minute, Nicolo Barella scored to make it 2-0 after 44 minutes, and Joaquin Correa’s 3-0 in the 73rd minute had already largely emptied the North Curva.

Boiocchi, that’s how he writes it “Corriere della Sera”, was a multiple-convict felon and had spent a total of 26 years in prison. There is talk of robbery, drug trafficking and kidnapping, most recently he was arrested in March 2021 because he wanted to extort millions with the help of a kidnapping. The 69-year-old was under house arrest in his apartment building in western Milan and was not allowed to attend Inter games. So far there is no information on the perpetrators. Witnesses said they only heard the shots and then found a person lying on the sidewalk.

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