(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-11-12 11:28

MILAN - Inter Milan's match with Lazio was postponed on Sunday and AC Milan's game at Atalanta was abandoned early on after a Lazio fan was accidentally shot dead by a police officer.

A policeman shot the fan during clashes at a service station, prompting the soccer federation to postpone the San Siro match to an unspecified date and delay the kickoffs of the other Serie A matches by 10 minutes.

News of the fan's death filtered through to other fans and violence erupted before the Atalanta game with supporters scuffling with police in riot gear.

The match went ahead but a small group of fans, covering their faces with scarves, tried to smash a glass barrier keeping them from the pitch, prompting the players to leave the field. The game was officially abandoned 40 minutes later.

A game in Italy's third tier at Taranto was also suspended because of fan violence, media reported.

The other top-flight matches were played without incident but there was an eerie atmosphere inside the stadiums.

Inter remain top, despite not playing, with second-placed Fiorentina losing 2-1 at home to Udinese, their first defeat in 21 games in all competitions since April.

Juventus went up to third after coming back from two down to draw 2-2 at coach Claudio Ranieri's former club Parma.