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A soccer brawl that erupted after a local soccer game and injured dozens of people quickly became uncontrollable, Italian police said, adding police may have committed some type of wrongdoing during the incident. The fight, which left at least 13 police officers, two Turkish players and more than a dozen fans hurt, began after AS Roma and Turkish rivals Galatasaray played to a 1-1 tie. Italian government officials also complained comments from Turkey that the violence harkened back to Italy's Fascist past were "insulting." The UEFA, European soccer's governing body, said it would investigate the incident. Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said the events reminded him of "Mussolini's fascist Italy and not Europe in 2002," referring to dictator Benito Mussolini who ruled Italy for more than two decades before being executed in 1945. The allusion touched a nerve for the ruling Italian government coalition, which includes the National Alliance, a political party built on the remnants of the old Fascist Party.
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