PM calls for 'strong signal'
Italian political figures, including Prime Minister Romano Prodi, have asked for a strong signal that football-related violence will not be tolerated.
The FIGC has ordered the suspension of all football in Italy the tragic Catania-Palermo Sicilian derby, in which 38-year-old Chief Inspector Filippo Raciti was killed by a homemade bomb thrown into his car.
"After the incredibly serious incidents that took place in Catania, our first thoughts go to those who were caught up in it and to their families," said Prime Minister Prodi.
"But straight after that I feel it my duty to say we need a strong and clear signal to avoid the degeneration of sport, which unfortunately we are forced to witness with increasing intensity."
"What has happened is monstrous. I am without words. This is absurd, unthinkable and totally unacceptable," noted Mayor of Catania Umberto Scapagnini.
The President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano also released a statement on the shameful incidents.
"Struck by the severity of the rioting and the astonishing number of injured among the police and citizens, President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano reaffirms that the condemnation for the dramatic rise in football-related violence must be accompanied by responsible choices and behaviour.
"We cannot have the values of sport and the civil conscience of the country sullied in this way."
Political parties from all sides are now calling for an English-style system of policing the Ultra’ in a bid to eradicate the growing hooliganism problem in Italy.
New laws had already been introduced this season, but proved to be ineffective.
Source: C4 Football Italia
The FIGC has ordered the suspension of all football in Italy the tragic Catania-Palermo Sicilian derby, in which 38-year-old Chief Inspector Filippo Raciti was killed by a homemade bomb thrown into his car.
"After the incredibly serious incidents that took place in Catania, our first thoughts go to those who were caught up in it and to their families," said Prime Minister Prodi.
"But straight after that I feel it my duty to say we need a strong and clear signal to avoid the degeneration of sport, which unfortunately we are forced to witness with increasing intensity."
"What has happened is monstrous. I am without words. This is absurd, unthinkable and totally unacceptable," noted Mayor of Catania Umberto Scapagnini.
The President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano also released a statement on the shameful incidents.
"Struck by the severity of the rioting and the astonishing number of injured among the police and citizens, President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano reaffirms that the condemnation for the dramatic rise in football-related violence must be accompanied by responsible choices and behaviour.
"We cannot have the values of sport and the civil conscience of the country sullied in this way."
Political parties from all sides are now calling for an English-style system of policing the Ultra’ in a bid to eradicate the growing hooliganism problem in Italy.
New laws had already been introduced this season, but proved to be ineffective.
Source: C4 Football Italia
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