Bologna massacre
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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
Ruins of the Bologna station west wing
Bystanders assisting the rescue operation
Rescuers carrying a victim
Funerals of the victims
Carlos the Jackal
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Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan convict who conducted a series of assassinations and terrorist bombings from 1973 to 1985. A committed Marxist–
Bologna massacre
…the Italian anti-terrorist secret service three weeks before the massacre were discovered. Thomas Kram, member of a German terrorist group linked to Carlos the Jackal and the Palestinians, was in Bologna on the day of the massacre. On 17 November 2005, the Bologna prosecutor opened a case (Dossier 7823/2005 RG) against…
Photograph of Carlos from a fake passport under an assumed name, c. 1974
Carlos the Jackal was incarcerated in La Santé Prison in Paris (center).
Carlos the Jackal was incarcerated in Clairvaux Prison.