After the dramatic clashes between the typhoonists of Catania and Palermo, in which he lost his life the police chief hypersttore Filippo Raciti of 38 years, beyond 71 wounded, FIGC has arranged the stop of all the football and national championships. "The president of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, struck by the severity of accidents and the impressive number of injured among the forces of the law and the citizens, said that to the firm condemnation for the dramatic recrudescence of acts of violence in the occasion of football competitions should accompany choices and consistent behaviors from all authorities responsible against degenerations that defy the values of sport and offend the civil conscience of the country". "Without drastic measures do not depart - said Pancalli.
The championship stops indefinitely"
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