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Italy Marks 45th Anniversary of Bologna Station Bombing With Ceremonies and Calls to Broaden National Remembrance

Italy’s Supreme Court has upheld life sentences for all NAR members convicted in the 1980 Bologna station bombing.

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Overview

  • President Sergio Mattarella condemned the attack as a ruthless neo-fascist strategy aimed at undermining Italy’s constitutional and social foundations.
  • Commemorations opened at Palazzo d’Accursio with speeches by the president, local officials and victims’ families before a procession from via Ugo Bassi to piazza delle Medaglie d’Oro.
  • The Association of Victims’ Families received formal state commendation for its decades-long advocacy in exposing both the bombers and their mandators.
  • Mayor Matteo Lepore highlighted recent Cassation rulings that confirm P2 lodge members and Sismi agents organized the massacre and obstructed justice.
  • Officials urged that similar remembrance protocols be extended to other domestic terrorism tragedies across Italy.