Previous deaths at Italian football stadiums
Italian football has been suspended following the death of 38-year-old police officer Filippo Raciti during crowd trouble at a Serie A match between Palermo and Catania.
Raciti's death was the second in six days at the country's football stadiums, following that of 40-year-old club official Ermanno Licursi, who died after being kicked in the neck while trying to stop a fight at an amateur league match in the southern town of Luzzi.
Here are some of the previous deaths in and around Italy's football stadiums...
- In April 1962 during a match between Salernitana and Potenza in Serie C, Gaetano Plaitano was killed by a stray bullet fired by police attempting to restore order when Potenza fans rioted after a penalty appeal was turned down.
- In October 1979 Lazio fan Vincenzo Paparelli was killed by a flare launched from the opposition stand in a game against city rivals Roma.
- In September 1984, a 21-year-old AC Milan fan Marco Fonghessi was stabbed to death at the end of a match against Cremonese. His killer, 18-year-old Milan supporter Giovanni Stefano Centrone, had confused him for an opposition fan.
- In October 1988, at the end of a game against Ascoli, Inter fans stoned and beat Ascoli supporter Nazzareno Filippini, who died eight days later in hospital.
- Before Raciti's death, the last death at a Serie A match dated back to 1995 in Genoa when, when home fan Vincenzo Spagnolo, 24, was knifed by Milan fans outside Genoa's stadium.
- In September 2003, during a match between Napoli and Avellino, 20-year-old Napoli fan Sergio Ercolano fell from an upper tier of Avellino's stadium while being chased by rival supporters. He died in hospital two days later.
Source: Reuters
Raciti's death was the second in six days at the country's football stadiums, following that of 40-year-old club official Ermanno Licursi, who died after being kicked in the neck while trying to stop a fight at an amateur league match in the southern town of Luzzi.
Here are some of the previous deaths in and around Italy's football stadiums...
- In April 1962 during a match between Salernitana and Potenza in Serie C, Gaetano Plaitano was killed by a stray bullet fired by police attempting to restore order when Potenza fans rioted after a penalty appeal was turned down.
- In October 1979 Lazio fan Vincenzo Paparelli was killed by a flare launched from the opposition stand in a game against city rivals Roma.
- In September 1984, a 21-year-old AC Milan fan Marco Fonghessi was stabbed to death at the end of a match against Cremonese. His killer, 18-year-old Milan supporter Giovanni Stefano Centrone, had confused him for an opposition fan.
- In October 1988, at the end of a game against Ascoli, Inter fans stoned and beat Ascoli supporter Nazzareno Filippini, who died eight days later in hospital.
- Before Raciti's death, the last death at a Serie A match dated back to 1995 in Genoa when, when home fan Vincenzo Spagnolo, 24, was knifed by Milan fans outside Genoa's stadium.
- In September 2003, during a match between Napoli and Avellino, 20-year-old Napoli fan Sergio Ercolano fell from an upper tier of Avellino's stadium while being chased by rival supporters. He died in hospital two days later.
Source: Reuters
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