Police question 17-year old
Italian police are questioning a 17-year-old boy over the death of a policeman in riots in Sicily last week which led to the suspension of matches all over the country.
The police officer died after being hit and having a homemade explosive thrown into his car as rival fans went on a rampage at a Serie A derby in Catania last Friday. Police in Sicily would only identify the suspect as a teenager from Catania.
About 41 people were arrested after the incident, many of them charged with resisting police offers and causing injuries. Police have been studying video surveillance tapes at the Stado Angelo Massimino in Catania to ascertain who killed their colleague.
All Italian football, even youth matches, was suspended after the policeman's death pending a security review and only the safest stadiums will be open to fans when matches resume this weekend.
Italy's government is due to release a list later today of which stadiums would be allowed to open and which would have to play behind closed doors until they improve security.
Only four stadiums in Serie A - Rome's Stadio Olimpico, Palermo's Renzo Barbera, Turin's Olimpico and the Artemio Franchi in Siena - are believed to meet the regulations, which include closed-circuit TV surveillance, numbered seating and electronic turnstiles.
The rest, including Milan's San Siro may require varying degrees of work.
Other new security measures include a ban on the block sale of tickets to away fans, a beefing-up of stadium bans for those involved in violence, including under-18s, tougher jail terms and a ban on financial links between clubs and fan associations.
Firecrackers will no longer be allowed inside stadiums and, at least initially, there will be no evening matches.
Some clubs are calling it an overreaction to an isolated incident, though officer Filippo Raciti's death was the second in a week in Italian football, after an amateur league official was kicked to death while trying to stop a fight at a Serie D match.
Source: Reuters
The police officer died after being hit and having a homemade explosive thrown into his car as rival fans went on a rampage at a Serie A derby in Catania last Friday. Police in Sicily would only identify the suspect as a teenager from Catania.
About 41 people were arrested after the incident, many of them charged with resisting police offers and causing injuries. Police have been studying video surveillance tapes at the Stado Angelo Massimino in Catania to ascertain who killed their colleague.
All Italian football, even youth matches, was suspended after the policeman's death pending a security review and only the safest stadiums will be open to fans when matches resume this weekend.
Italy's government is due to release a list later today of which stadiums would be allowed to open and which would have to play behind closed doors until they improve security.
Only four stadiums in Serie A - Rome's Stadio Olimpico, Palermo's Renzo Barbera, Turin's Olimpico and the Artemio Franchi in Siena - are believed to meet the regulations, which include closed-circuit TV surveillance, numbered seating and electronic turnstiles.
The rest, including Milan's San Siro may require varying degrees of work.
Other new security measures include a ban on the block sale of tickets to away fans, a beefing-up of stadium bans for those involved in violence, including under-18s, tougher jail terms and a ban on financial links between clubs and fan associations.
Firecrackers will no longer be allowed inside stadiums and, at least initially, there will be no evening matches.
Some clubs are calling it an overreaction to an isolated incident, though officer Filippo Raciti's death was the second in a week in Italian football, after an amateur league official was kicked to death while trying to stop a fight at a Serie D match.
Source: Reuters
posted by italian calcio blog at 11:18 am
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home