MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th October, 2018) Two Russians injured in the fall at a metro station in Rome when an escalator gave way under a crowd of football fans underwent emergency surgery, the Russian Embassy said.
"Three people are at Policlinico Umberto I. Two Russians underwent a surgery," the Embassy said on Twitter.
The fans arrived in the Italian capital to see a match between Russia's CSKA Moscow and Italy's Roma in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi said witnesses reported they had been jumping and dancing on the escalator at the Repubblica metro station when it collapsed. Thirty Russians were injured, seven of them seriously.
