Policeman Filippo Raciti was killed on Friday when violence flared during and after the Serie A match between bitter Sicilian rivals Catania and Palermo.

Raciti, 38, died after a home-made bomb was thrown into his car. He leaves behind a wife and two sons.

Scores of people were also injured as fans fought running battles with police for several hours. Fourteen fans were arrested, all of them supporting Catania.

Last Saturday Ermanno Licursi, a director of Calabria-based amateur team Sammartinese, died from a brain haemorrhage after being kicked in the face by a fan of rival team Cancellese.

The editorial in the Gazzetta dello Sport was particularly heartfelt after another night of shame, laying the blame at the door of Italian society as a whole and not just football fans.

"Where did they come from these masked boys who ran in the night in Catania, between the teargas and the rubble-ridden streets?, " it wrote.

"From whose houses did they come, from which schools, which bars? We still don't know, but on their conscience, and ours, is the weight of a stupid atrocity, a policeman torn to pieces.

"A policeman, remember his name: Filippo Raciti. One of those who tried to placate the troublemakers outside the stadium.

"Now he is dead, taken by a wave of shame just days after Ermanno Licursi was booted in the face and left to die.

"What goes through the heads of these boys when they go to a match, what sickness were their scarves, banners and flags soaked with?

"Whose sons are they and what transforms their passion for sport into fury?

"Italy, we have a problem, and don't just look at our football fans.

"Have a look at the fabric of this country, look at who governs and organises our schools, look into our homes and at our families."

The most disturbing aspect of Friday's violence was that it was premeditated, with one fan suggesting a disturbing level of preparation in making the bomb which took Raciti's life.

Friday's game had already been brought forward from Sunday because of fears over public safety, but even the rescheduling of the match and an early evening kick-off did nothing to quell the unrest.

The game was suspended after an hour when tear gas, used by police to halt trouble inside the stadium, drifted onto the field.

Following talks between Italy's Sports Minister Giovanna Melandri, Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) president Gianni Petrucci and acting Italian football federation (FIGC) president Luca Pancalli, it was decided all matches, professional and amateur, would be cancelled until further notice.