Police have attempted to justify stopping AC Milan midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko at gunpoint in a shocking case of mistaken identity earlier this month.
The 27-year-old, who is in the second year of a two-season loan from Chelsea, was accosted in the Porta Garibaldi area of Milan on July 3. Police had set up a roadblock following a shootout between two gangs and Bakayoko was stopped and searched by police at the checkpoint in a terrifying ordeal.
In response to video footage of the incident going viral on Monday, local officers said they acted in “self-protection” and “in a manner absolutely consistent” with the seriousness of their investigation.
