Italy: Driver dies after basketball fans' bus attacked with stones

The bus was targeted by fans from a rival team after an earlier game, local media reports.

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Pistoia Basket fans were travelling on the highway near the town of Rieti, 80km (50 miles) north-east of Rome, when fans of SRS Sebastiani Rieti began throwing objects, according to local media.

Fans of the Tuscany-based Pistoia had been returning from a game between the two second-tier sides, which their team had won.

A large stone smashed through the windscreen and struck one of the two drivers on the head. Raffaele Marianella, 65, was sitting at the front but not driving at the time of the attack. He later died of his injuries.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the attack was "an unacceptable and insane act of violence". She expressed her condolences to the victim's family and said those responsible would be brought to justice.