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| Serie A: Lazio fans call for women to be banned from 'sacred place' | Serie A: Lazio fans call for women to be banned from 'sacred place' |
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| Hardcore fans of Lazio football club in Italy have circulated a letter saying women should be banned from part of the Curva Nord of Rome's Olympic Stadium. | Hardcore fans of Lazio football club in Italy have circulated a letter saying women should be banned from part of the Curva Nord of Rome's Olympic Stadium. |
| The Lazio ultras have gained a reputation for violence, racism and anti-Semitism. | The Lazio ultras have gained a reputation for violence, racism and anti-Semitism. |
| Before the first game of the season, an unofficial flyer was handed round saying the stand was a "sacred place" to which women were not allowed. | Before the first game of the season, an unofficial flyer was handed round saying the stand was a "sacred place" to which women were not allowed. |
| It said women should go to other parts of the stadium. | It said women should go to other parts of the stadium. |
| The pamphlet called for "women, wives and girlfriends" to not sit in the first 10 rows of the stand. | The pamphlet called for "women, wives and girlfriends" to not sit in the first 10 rows of the stand. |
| "Those who choose the stadium as an alternative to the carefree and romantic day at the Villa Borghese [a Roman historic house and park], should go to other parts," it read. | |
| The flyer is signed "Direttivo Diabolik Pluto", who is one of the leaders of a group of Lazio ultras known as the Irreducibili. | The flyer is signed "Direttivo Diabolik Pluto", who is one of the leaders of a group of Lazio ultras known as the Irreducibili. |
| Last season the club was fined after supporters displayed anti-Semitic stickers showing Holocaust victim Anne Frank in a Roma shirt. | Last season the club was fined after supporters displayed anti-Semitic stickers showing Holocaust victim Anne Frank in a Roma shirt. |
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