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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. | 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. | 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, 38, was killed outside the city's Massimino stadium. | |
Stadiums closed | |
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. | 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. |
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Police had made a total of 34 arrests, including 11 minors, but none of these was directly connected with the death of the police officer. | |
Mr Raciti's 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. | |
After a meeting in Rome, the interior ministry said it would reopen just six of the country's stadiums - the only ones to meet newly-introduced safety standards. | |
Catania's Massimino stadium and Milan's San Siro stadium are among the 25 venues that will remain closed to spectators. | |
Football matches will be played behind closed doors and night matches have been banned. |