Filippo Raciti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian police officer
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Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy
About Filippo Raciti
- Filippo Raciti (17 January 1967–2 February 2007) was an Italian police officer ("ispettore capo di polizia") who was killed in a violent confrontation between Calcio Catania football supporters and police officers.Born in Catania, Sicily, Raciti joined the Italian police in June 1986, and joined the local flying squad in late 2006.
- He lived in Acireale, in the Province of Catania with his wife and two children, aged 15 and 9. A week before his death, Raciti gave evidence at the trial of a football hooligan, who was then freed by the local magistrate.
- According to one of his colleagues, the hooligan laughed in his face as he left the court.Raciti died in Catania on 2 February 2007, after the end of the football derby between Catania and Palermo, as a result of liver damage caused by blunt object trauma, disproving an initial hypothesis which claimed his death was caused by a homemade firecracker.Raciti's death resulted in all of the Italian football matches, even the national team, to be suspended for a week.
- It provoked outrage in Italy, with a great and somewhat uncommon amount of solidarity towards the Italian law enforcement forces, and massive coverage worldwide.
- A 17-year-old hooligan from Catania was later jailed and detained in custody, charged with the murder.
- As of February 2007, he was being investigated by the Italian police.On 17 February 2007, the city council of Quarrata, in Tuscany, approved a proposal to name the local football stadium after the Italian policeman.
- An official ceremony, also attended by Raciti's widow, was held on 10 March, making Quarrata the first city to name a stadium after him.
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