An old man from Palermo died today while he was in a queue to pay taxes. The man went to the office early this morning in order not to queue for a long time to ask for some information, but he had a sudden heart attack. The corpse laid on the footpath for more than two hours while the office continued working regularly. The dead man, Mario Pezzino, was a football referee.

Translated by Chiara Nunnari from John Milton Institute