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[h=1]Two Tottenham fans seriously injured after being stabbed by Lazio 'Ultras' in Rome[/h] [h=4]Updated: Thursday, 22 Nov 2012[/h]
The Olympic Stadium is due to stage the Europa League tie
English football fans have been attacked in Italy by knife-wielding hooligans, leaving two seriously injured in hospital, according to reports.
Trouble flared ahead of tonight's Europa League game between Tottenham and Lazio in Rome.
Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported scenes of "urban warfare" erupting in the early hours of this morning shortly after 1am in the Campo de Fiori with up to 100 "Ultras" - notorious troublemakers - attacking a band of Spurs fans.
Ten were left wounded with two stabbed, one of whom was believed to be critically ill.
The violence is believed to have occurred at the Drunken Ship pub as fans of the London club were enjoying a drink. Photographs show the pub wrecked.
The newspaper reported the Lazio fans were armed with knives, baseball bats, belts and knuckle dusters and they went on to "destroy" the venue.
One witness told the paper: "We feared the worst."
The Olympic Stadium is due to stage the Europa League tie
English football fans have been attacked in Italy by knife-wielding hooligans, leaving two seriously injured in hospital, according to reports.
Trouble flared ahead of tonight's Europa League game between Tottenham and Lazio in Rome.
Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported scenes of "urban warfare" erupting in the early hours of this morning shortly after 1am in the Campo de Fiori with up to 100 "Ultras" - notorious troublemakers - attacking a band of Spurs fans.
Ten were left wounded with two stabbed, one of whom was believed to be critically ill.
The violence is believed to have occurred at the Drunken Ship pub as fans of the London club were enjoying a drink. Photographs show the pub wrecked.
The newspaper reported the Lazio fans were armed with knives, baseball bats, belts and knuckle dusters and they went on to "destroy" the venue.
One witness told the paper: "We feared the worst."