ROME, Nov 12: Enraged football fans rioted in parts of Italy on Sunday after a policeman shot dead a fan while trying to break up a scuffle between supporters of rival clubs.

In Rome a group of about 200 people, some wielding rocks and clubs, attacked a police barracks, setting cars on fire and smashing the building’s windows.

Three top league matches had earlier been called off after a policeman killed a 26-year-old man during a spat between supporters of Rome club Lazio and Turin’s Juventus at a motorway rest stop near the Tuscan city of Arezzo.

Outside Rome’s Olympic Stadium, hundreds of fans threw firecrackers, set up street barricades and clashed with police. About 10 officers were injured. In Milan, Lazio fans threw rocks at a police station.

Police said the shooting was accidental.—Reuters