The Bologna massacre was a terrorist bombing of the Bologna Centrale railway station in Bologna, Italy, on the morning of 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded over 200. Several members of the neo-fascist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari were sentenced for the bombing, although the group denied involvement.
Ruins of the Bologna station west wing after the bombing
Bystanders assisting the rescue operation
Rescuers carrying a victim
Funerals of the victims
Terrorism in Italy is related to political and subversive terrorism activities, carried out by various groups and organizations with different and sometimes conflicting methods, motivations and interests. This article is primarily about late 20th-century and early 21st-century terrorism.
Aldo Moro, photographed during his kidnapping by the Red Brigades
Aftermath of the bombing of the Bologna railway in August 1980 which killed 85 people, the deadliest event during the Years of Lead.
Piazza della Loggia, Brescia
James Lee Dozier