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Soccer-Torino fans may have been responsible for derby bomb

Related Topics: Juventus F.C., Turin, Italy, Bern

MILAN, April 27 (Reuters) - A paper bomb which went off and injured nine people at Sunday's Turin derby may have been produced by fans of home side Torino and not Juventus as originally believed, Italian authorities said on Monday.

Serie A's disciplinary tribunal said it had postponed a decision on possible sanctions after consultations with the government's agency for security at sports events (ONMS).

The tribunal said in a statement that its own observers had said the bomb was thrown from the area occupied by Juventus supporters.

However, it quoted an ONMS report as saying that "careful investigations are under way to ascertain whether the bomb which went off in the Torino sector was launched from the Juventus sector or had been produced and detonated by the Torino fans themselves.