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Crisis meeting after Italy riots
Italian authorities are meeting to discuss measures aimed at tackling widespread fan violence sparked by the accidental shooting of a Lazio supporter by a police officer.
Riots hit Rome, with fans attacking a police barracks as well as the Olympic Stadium and the headquarters of the Italian Olympic Committee next door.
A top flight game between Atalanta and Milan was also abandoned after seven minutes when fans tried to break down a glass barrier keeping them from the pitch.
Police and the government are also set to hold talks to clear up how the officer made such a "tragic error".
The unnamed officer under investigation for firing the fatal shot could not believe he had hit the victim.
"I didn't point it at anything, I didn't aim at anybody," he told Corriere della Sera.
"The first shot I fired into the air and the second left me while I was running. Now I have destroyed two families, the man's and mine."
Authorities are desperate to avoid a repeat of Sunday's violence, which mirrored riots outside a Catania match in Sicily in February where a policeman was killed.
That incident led to strict new security measures at football stadiums but authorities may have to look again at the rules amid calls to ban away fans from all grounds in future.
"It is another very sad and painful day for all of Italian football," Italian football federation president Giancarlo Abete said.
"The first thought is of huge condolences for the family of Gabriele Sandri."
Abete said that he had convened a meeting for later on Monday with his board as well as representatives of the league, and player and coach associations.
They will discuss what to do about the Inter Milan v Lazio and Roma v Cagliari matches, which were postponed on Sunday because of the shooting and whether to play the Atalanta game or award the points to Milan.
A report last month said injuries at stadiums caused by fan violence had dropped by 80 percent from last season but Abete has consistently said that football authorities could do little to stamp out trouble away from the stadiums.
The clash between Lazio and Juventus fans which led to the accidental shooting happened at a motorway service station in the Tuscan city of Arezzo, far from any stadium.
The matter is complicated because Juve fans in particular live across Italy, not just in their base of Turin, meaning fans travel huge distances to see their team and often come across rival fans on routes not usually associated with soccer traffic.
Abete has also been at pains to point out that the shooting was very different from February's death and that the response should be measured.
"The loss of a life is always unacceptable but objectively the dynamics of the dramatic episode is totally different from the killing last February of inspector Raciti at Catania," he said.
There is a break in the Italian league programme because Italy visit Scotland in a crunch Euro 2008 qualifier on Saturday, giving authorities some time to decide on the next step.
If Italy lose the world champions will be in danger of not reaching next year's finals in Austria and Switzerland, which could cause more tension among fans.
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