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Anna Laura Braghetti, Red Brigades Figure in Moro Kidnapping, Dies at 72

Her family said she died after an illness, prompting renewed scrutiny of her role in Italy’s Years of Lead.

Overview

  • Her death was announced by relatives, who said funerals will be private.
  • She was the registered tenant of the Rome apartment where Aldo Moro was held for 55 days.
  • Coverage recalls judicial findings that she took part in the 1979 attack on the Christian Democracy headquarters in Rome, where two police officers were killed.
  • Reports note court rulings that identified her among those who carried out the 1980 murder of magistrate Vittorio Bachelet.
  • She was arrested and given a life sentence, obtained conditional release in 2002, later worked on social initiatives, and authored a book cited as an inspiration for the film Buongiorno, notte.