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| Italy youth quizzed on riot death | Italy youth quizzed on riot death |
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| A 17-year-old Italian youth is being questioned by police in the Sicilian city of Catania over the death of a policeman in riots last week. | |
| Filippo Raciti died after violence broke out following a football match between rivals Catania and Palermo. | Filippo Raciti died after violence broke out following a football match between rivals Catania and Palermo. |
| Reports say the youth was detained overnight on Tuesday along with three other people all under the age of 18. | |
| Italian media said the teenagers had been identified from closed-circuit television footage of the clashes. | Italian media said the teenagers had been identified from closed-circuit television footage of the clashes. |
| Mr Raciti was killed outside the city's Massimino stadium. | Mr Raciti was killed outside the city's Massimino stadium. |
| Although he was initially believed to have died when a home-made bomb was hurled into his vehicle, a post-mortem examination revealed that a blow from a blunt object caused the injuries which killed him. | |
| His death prompted outrage from Italian politicians, the suspension of all amateur and professional games and a call for an urgent overhaul of the country's stadiums. | |
| Only the few stadiums which meet stringent safety standards will be open to fans when matches are resumed this weekend. |