List of massacres in Italy
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Italy and its predecessors (numbers may be approximate):
Archaic Italy[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Battle of Selinus | 409 BC | Selinus | 16,000 | Carthaginian Army | 16,000 citizens of Selinus killed in battle and massacre by Carthaginian Army under Hannibal Mago. City razed.[1] |
Battle of Himera | 409 BC | Himera | 3,000 | Carthaginian Army | 3,000 Greek prisoners of war tortured and sacrificed by Carthaginian Army under Hannibal Mago. City razed.[2] |
Siege of Akragas | December 406 BC | Akragas | Population of Akragas | Carthaginian Army | Greek population massacred by Carthaginian Army under Himilco[3] |
Siege of Motya | Summer 398 BC | Motya | Population of Motya | Syracuse | Phoenician population of Motya killed by Greek troops during assault on the city. |
Roman Italy[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Agathocles' coup | 317 BC | Syracuse | 4,000 | Agathocles' army | 4,000 wealthy Syracusans killed by Agathocles |
Ausona massacre | 314 BC | Ausona | Entire Aurunci people | Republican Roman Army | Entire Aurunci people exterminated by Roman army |
Gela massacre | 311 BC | Gela | 4,000 | Agathocles' army | 4,000 Geloans slaughtered by Agathocles and their property stolen |
1st Cluviae massacre | 311 BC | Cluviae | Roman prisoners of war | Samnites | Roman prisoners of war killed by Samnites |
2nd Cluviae massacre | 311 BC | Cluviae | Adult male population | Republican Roman Army | Adult male population of Cluviae put to death by Roman army under consul Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus |
Battle of Torgium | 305 BC | Torgium | 4,000–7,000 | Agathocles' army | 4,000–7,000 troops of Deinocrates slaughtered by Agathocles after their surrender on promises of mercy |
Aequi massacre | 304 BC | Aequi | Most Aequians | Republican Roman Army | Majority of Aequi people killed by Roman army |
Messana massacre | 289 BC | Messina | Population of Messana | Mamertines | Population of Messana murdered by mercenary Mamertines |
Rhegium massacre | 280 BC | Rhegium | Male population of Messana | Campanian mercenaries | Male population of Rhegium massacred by rebellious Campanian mercenaries of Rome |
Taurasia massacre | November 218 BC | Taurasia | Population of Taurasia | Carthaginian Army | Population of the Taurini capital of Taurasia exterminated by Carthaginian Army under Hannibal after three-day siege.[4] |
Casilinum massacre | August 216 BC | Casilinum | Pro-Carthaginian population of Casilinum | Republican Roman Army | Pro-Carthaginian population of Casilinum killed by Roman garrison.[5] |
Leontini massacre | 214 BC | Lentini | 2,000 | Republican Roman Army | 2,000 Roman deserters flogged and beheaded by troops of Marcus Claudius Marcellus.[6] |
Enna massacre | 213 BC | Enna | Population of Enna | Republican Roman Army | Defenceless crowd massacred by Roman garrison under governor Lucius Pinarius.[7] |
Battle of Capua | 211 BC | Teanum, Cales | 53 | Republican Roman Army | 53 Capuan aristocrats executed by Roman Army under Quintus Fulvius Flaccus.[8] |
Agrigentum massacre | 210 BC | Agrigento | Agrigentan elites | Republican Roman Army | Agrigentan elites massacred by Roman army under consul Marcus Valerius Laevinus. Population sold to slavery. Town looted.[9] |
Tarentum massacre | 209 BC | Tarentum | Population of Tarentum | Republican Roman Army | Population massacred by Roman Army under proconsul Fabius Maximus, 30,000 sold to slavery.[10] |
Enna massacre | 135 BC | Enna | Population of Enna | Slave rebels | Slaves under Eunus massacre town population and rape women |
Asculum massacre | 89 BC | Asculum | Majority of the population | Republican Roman Army | Population massacred by Roman Army under consul Pompeius Strabo |
Rome massacres | 87 BC | Rome | Several hundred | Gaius Marius | Several hundred supporters of Sulla massacred by Marius' rampaging army |
Sulla's proscriptions | 82 BC | Roman Italy | 4,700 | Sulla | 4,700 enemies of the state murdered on orders of Sulla |
Appian Way crucifixions | 71 BC | Via Appia | 6,000 | Republican Roman Army | 6,000 slave rebel prisoners crucified by Marcus Licinius Crassus |
Proscription of 43 BC | 43 BC | Roman Italy | 2,000 | Second Triumvirate | 2,000 enemies of the Second Triumvirate murdered[11] |
Tiberius' purge | Late 31 | Roman Italy | Supporters of Sejanus | Imperial Roman Army | Sejanus and his supporters killed on orders of Tiberius.[12] |
Ticinum massacre | 13 August 408 | Ticinum | 7+ | Imperial Roman Army | 7 high-ranking supporters of Stilicho killed by Roman army at the instigation of Olympius. Many civilians in Ticinum killed afterward.[13] |
Massacre of Goths | Late 408 | Roman Italy | Thousands | Imperial Roman Army | Thousands of Gothic soldiers in the Roman Army and their families killed in anti-Germanic pogrom.[14] |
Ostrogothic Italy[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Siege of Ravenna (490–493) | 5 March 493 | Ravenna | Odoacer and his followers | Ostrogothic Kingdom | Odoacer and his men massacred by Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great |
Siege of Naples (536) | November 536 | Naples | Population of Naples | Byzantine army | Naples sacked and the population massacred by Byzantine army under Belisarius |
Ravenna massacre | 537 | Ravenna | Roman aristocrats | Ostrogothic Kingdom | Roman aristocratic hostages executed on orders of Witiges |
Milan massacre | March 539 | Mediolanum | All males of Milan | Ostrogothic Kingdom | Male population of Milan slain by Ostrogothic troops after siege. Women enslaved.[15] |
Ticinum massacre | 539 | Ticinum | Gothic women and children | Merovingian Franks | Gothic women and children sacrificed alive by Franks under Theudebert I[16] |
Totila's sack of Rome | 550 | Rome | Most inhabitants of Rome | Ostrogothic Kingdom | Population of Rome massacred after siege by Ostrogothic troops under Totila. Women spared. |
Massacre of aristocratic children | Late 552 | Po Valley | 300 | Ostrogothic Kingdom | 300 Roman aristocratic children killed by Ostrogoths |
Medieval Italy[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Siege of Syracuse (877–878) | 21 May 878 | Syracuse | 4,000 | Aghlabids | 4,000 Syracusans massacred by Aghlabid Muslim army[17] |
Sack of Taormina | 1 August 902 | Taormina | Population of Taormina | Aghlabids | Taormina burned and population massacred |
Fatimid sack of Genoa | 16 August 935 | Genoa | Male population | Fatimid navy | Male population of Genoa exterminated by Fatimids, women and children enslaved |
Siege of Rometta | May 965 | Rometta | Population of Rometta | Kalbids | Population of Rometta massacred, survivors enslaved, city colonized by Muslims.[18] |
Siege of Crema | 1159 | Crema, Lombardy | 40 | Holy Roman Empire | Imperial army under Frederick Barbarossa executes 40 hostages |
Palermo massacre | 1161 | Palermo | Muslim population of Palermo | Christian mob | Muslim population of Palermo slaughtered by Christian mob |
Salerno massacre | Late 1194 | Salerno | Population of Salerno | Holy Roman Empire | Imperial army under Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor sacks Salerno, massacres and enslaves population |
Sicilian Vespers | 1282 | Sicily | 3,000 | Ghibelline Sicilians | 3,000 French men and women killed by rebels |
Lucera massacre | 1300 | Lucera | Muslim population | Kingdom of Naples | Muslim population of Lucera massacred and 9,000 sold to slavery |
Cesena bloodbath | 1 February 1377 | Cesena | 2,500 | Papal States | 2,500 people massacred by Breton troops under Cardinal Robert of Geneva during the War of the Eight Saints |
Lozio massacre | 25 December 1410 | Lozio | Nobili family | Federici family | Nobili family exterminated as part of the struggle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. |
Trinci family massacre | 10 January 1421 | Nocera Umbra | 5 | Pietro di Rasiglia | Pietro di Rasiglia kills most of the Trinci family in a personal vendetta |
Varano massacre | 10 October 1434 | Camerino | 4 | Rebels | 4 members of the Varano family killed by rebels outside a church in Camerino. |
Chiavelli massacre | 26 May 1435 | Fabriano | 14 | Rebels | Rebels massacre 14 people, including 5 Chiavellis |
Massacre of the Assumption | 15 August 1474 | Modica | 360 | Christian mob | Christians kill 360 Jews in Modica's La Giudecca |
Otranto massacre | 11 August 1480 | Otranto | 6,000 | Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Turks massacre and enslave the population of Otranto |
Early Modern Italy[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Sack of Rapallo | 8 September 1494 | Rapallo | Unknown | Swiss mercenaries | Swiss mercenaries under French command slaughter the population of Rapallo |
Sack of Mordano | 20 October 1494 | Mordano | 300–1,500 | French Army and Swiss mercenaries | Mordano sacked by French and Swiss troops |
Sack of Fivizzano | October 1494 | Fivizzano | Unknown | French Army | |
Sack of Castel Fiorentino | 20 October 1494 | Castel Fiorentino | Unknown | French Army | |
Sack of Monte Fortino | January 1495 | Montefortino | 300 | French Army | |
Sack of Monte San Giovanni | February 1495 | Monte San Giovanni Campano | 700–800 | French Army | |
Sack of Gaeta | June 1495 | Gaeta | 250–900 | French Army | |
Sack of Toscanella | June 1495 | Toscanella | 800 | French Army | |
Sack of Ponte di Sacco | July 1496 | Ponsacco | Civilian population | Florentine Army | |
Sack of Rocca d'Arazzo | August 1499 | Rocca d'Arazzo | Civilian population | French Army | |
Sack of Annone | August 1499 | Annone | 700 | French Army | |
Sack of Forlì | January 1500 | Forlì | 450 | French Army and Swiss mercenaries | |
Sack of Tortona | February 1500 | Tortona | Civilian population | Swiss mercenaries | |
Sack of Faenza | April 1501 | Faenza | Civilian population | Gascons, Swiss, Italians | |
Sack of Capua | 25 July 1501 | Capua | 2,000–5,000 | French Army | Capua sacked by French troops |
Sack of Fossombrone | October 1502 | Fossombrone | Civilian population | Borgia's troops | |
Sack of Rimini | October 1503 | Rimini | 360 | Borgia's troops | |
Sack of Treviglio | May 1509 | Treviglio | Civilian population | Venetian Army | |
Sack of Peschiera | May 1509 | Peschiera | Civilian population and garrison | French Army | |
Sack of Monselice | August 1509 | Monselice | Civilian population | Army of the Holy Roman Empire Venetian Army |
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Sack of Feltre | August 1509 | Feltre | Civilian population | Army of the Holy Roman Empire Venetian Army |
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Sack of Legnano | May 1510 | Legnano | 2,000 | French Army | |
Barbarano massacre | May 1510 | Barbarano Mossano | 700–2,000 | Army of the Holy Roman Empire | |
Sack of Monselice | July 1510 | Monselice | Civilian population | Spanish Army Army of the Holy Roman Empire |
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Sack of Brescia | 18 February 1512 | Brescia | 8,000 | French Army | Brescia sacked by troops of Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours |
Sack of Ravenna | 12 April 1512 | Ravenna | 17,000 | French Army | Ravenna sacked by French troops after the Battle of Ravenna (1512). |
Sack of Prato | 29 August 1512 | Prato | 4,000–6,000 | Spanish Army | Prato sacked by Spanish troops |
Sack of Lodi | May 1516 | Lodi | Civilian population | Swiss mercenaries | |
Sack of Como | December 1521 | Como | Civilian population | Spanish Army | |
Sack of Genoa | 30–31 May 1522 | Genoa | 5,000 | Spanish Army | Genoa sacked by Spanish troops |
Sack of Rome (1527) | 6 May 1527 | Rome | 4,000 | Army of the Holy Roman Empire Spanish Army |
Rome sacked by troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
Sack of Pavia | October 1527 | Pavia | Civilian population | French Army Venetian Army |
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Sack of Pavia | May 1528 | Pavia | Civilian population | Army of the Holy Roman Empire Spanish Army |
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Sack of Pavia | September 1528 | Pavia | Civilian population | Army of the Holy Roman Empire Spanish Army |
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Massacre of Waldensians in Calabria | May/June 1561 | Calabria | 600–6,000 | Roman Inquisition Spanish Army |
600–6,000 Waldensians killed by Inquisitorial and Spanish forces |
Valtellina massacre | 18–23 July 1620 | Valtellina | 300–600 | Catholics | 300–600 Protestants killed by pro-Spanish Catholics |
Piedmontese Easter | April 1655 | Piedmont | 1,712–6,000 | Savoyard Army | Waldensians killed by ducal troops[19][20][21] |
Lauria massacre | 9 August 1806 | Lauria | 1,000 | Grande Armée | City destroyed and population massacred by French Army under Marshal André Masséna |
Risorgimento[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Cesena and Forlì massacres | January 1832 | Papal States | 38 | Papal States | Papal troops suppress liberal rebellion and kill 38. |
Ten Days of Brescia | 1 April 1849 | Brescia | 16 | Austrian Army | 16 Brescians executed by Austrian Army[22] |
Cignoli family massacre | 20 May 1859 | Torricella Verzate | 9 | Austrian Army | Austrian troops under Karl von Urban execute 9 civilians. |
Bronte riots | 2 August 1860 | Bronte | 21 | Red Shirts | 16 people killed in the riots, 5 sentenced to death as rioters by a drumhead court |
Montefalcione massacre | 9 July 1861 | Montefalcione | 97–150 | Royal Italian Army | Mass shooting of civilians and former Sicilian soldiers. |
Auletta massacre | 28 July 1861 | Auletta | 45–130 | Bersaglieri Hungarian Legion |
Royal troops attack civilian population of Auletta. 45–130 killed and 200 arrested. |
Ruvo del Monte massacre | 10 August 1861 | Potenza | 30 | Royal Italian Army National Guard |
Royal Army and National Guard round up civilian population and shoot 30 pro-Bourbon partisans |
Pontelandolfo and Casalduni massacre | 14 August 1861 | Province of Benevento | 13 | Bersaglieri | Bersaglieri soldiers kill 13 civilians |
Pietrarsa massacre | 6 August 1863 | Portici | 4 | Bersaglieri | Royal troops kill 4 Officine di Pietrarsa workers and wound 17. |
Turin massacre | 21 September 1864 | Piazza Castello, Turin | 62 (+138 wounded) | Royal Italian Army Carabinieri |
Royal Army and Carabinieri kill unarmed civilians |
Kingdom of Italy[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Caltavuturo massacre | 20 January 1893 | Caltavuturo | 13 (21 wounded) | Royal Italian Army and Carabinieri | 13 Fasci Siciliani protesters shot by army and police[23] |
Giardinello massacre | 10 December 1893 | Giardinello | 11 (12 wounded) | Royal Italian Army | 11 Fasci Siciliani protesters shot by army and guards[24] |
Lercara Friddi massacre | 25 December 1893 | Lercara Friddi | 7–11 (12 wounded) | Royal Italian Army | 7–11 Fasci Siciliani protesters shot by army[25] |
Bava Beccaris massacre | 9 May 1898 | Milan | 118–450 (+400-2,000 wounded) | Royal Italian Army | troops under General Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris fired on rioters[26] |
Buggerru massacre | 4 September 1904 | Buggerru | 4 (+11 wounded) | Royal Italian Army | Army troops kill 4 protesting miners in Sardinia |
Itri massacre | 13 July 1911 | Itri | 8 (+60 wounded) | Carabinieri | Carabinieri kill Sardinian workers |
Panicale massacre | 15 July 1920 | Panicale | 6 (+14 wounded) | Carabinieri | Carabinieri suppress farmers' demonstration |
Palazzo d'Accursio massacre | 21 November 1920 | Bologna | 10 (+58 wounded) | Red Guards | Red Guards kill 10 Italian Socialist Party officials with hand grenades |
Canneto Sabino massacre | 11 December 1920 | Province of Rieti | 11 (+13 wounded) | Carabinieri | Carabinieri kill 11 protesting workers |
Castello Estense massacre | 20 December 1920 | Ferrara | 6 | Fascists and socialists | 4 fascists and 2 socialists killed in street fight |
Empoli massacre | 1 March 1921 | Empoli | 9 (+18 wounded) | Red Guards and Italian Communist Party | Red Guards and Communists kill 9 soldiers |
Diana hotel massacre | 23 March 1921 | Milan | 17 (+80 wounded) | Anarchists | Anarchists kill 17 in bombing |
Sarzano massacre | 21 July 1921 | Sarzana | 11 | Carabinieri | Carabinieri kill 11 fascists |
Fascist Italy[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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1922 Turin massacre | 20 December 1922 | Turin | 11 (+26 wounded) | Squadrismo | Fascist Squadrismo under Piero Brandimarte kill 11 communists and trade unionists |
Librizzi massacre | 25 June 1925 | Messina | 9 (+4 wounded) | Rosario Tranchita | Spree shooting |
San Giovanni in Fiore massacre | 2 August 1925 | San Giovanni in Fiore | 5 (+28 wounded) | Squadrismo | Fascist Squadrismo kill communists, socialists and farmers |
Gruaro massacre | March 1933 | Gruaro | 28 | Authorities | 28 children killed by vaccine |
Second World War[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Biscari massacre | 14 July 1943 | Biscari (now Acate) | 71 | United States Army, 180th Infantry Regiment | POWs killed by US troops in two incidents[27] |
Canicattì massacre | 14 July 1943 | Canicattì | 8 | United States Army | US troops under Colonel McCaffrey fired on looters[28][29] |
Castiglione massacre | 12–14 August 1943 | Castiglione di Sicilia | 16 | 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring | 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring massacres 16 civilians and wounds 20. |
Boves massacre | 8 September 1943 | Boves | 23 killed and 22 wounded | 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler | Mass killing by German occupation troops under Joachim Peiper |
Lake Maggiore massacres | September–October 1943 | Lake Maggiore | 56 | 1st SS Panzer Division | Murder of 56 predominantly Italian Jews despite strict German orders not to carry out any violence against civilians |
Caiazzo massacre | 13 October 1943 | Caiazzo | 22 | Mass killing by German occupation troops under Lt. | |
Ardeatine massacre | 24 March 1944 | Rome | 335 | Schutzstaffel, SD, Gestapo | Mass killing by German occupation troops (SD-Gestapo led by Herbert Kappler)[30] |
Guardistallo massacre | 19 June 1944 | Guardistallo | 57 | 19th Luftwaffe Field Division | 57 Italian civilians killed in massacre by Luftwaffe Field Division[31] |
Piazza Tasso massacre | 17 July 1944 | Florence | 5 | Italian fascist militia, German Army | 5 Italian civilians killed in massacre by Fascists and German Army |
Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre | 12 August 1944 | Sant'Anna di Stazzema | 560 | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS, 36th Brigata Nera | Mass killing by German occupation troops (16th SS Division) and Italian collaborators (16th Brigade)[32][33][34] |
San Terenzo Monti massacre | 17–19 August 1944 | Fivizzano | 159 | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division | 159 Italian civilians killed by SS soldiers as reprisal for partisan activity |
Padule di Fucecchio massacre | 23 August 1944 | Padule di Fucecchio, Tuscany | 184 | 26th Panzer Division | Up to 184 Italian civilians as a reprisal for a partisan attack on two German soldiers. Massacre carried out by soldiers of the 26th Panzer Division.[35] |
Vinca massacre | 24–27 August 1944 | Fivizzano | 162 | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division | 162 Italian civilians killed by SS soldiers as reprisal for partisan activity |
Certosa di Farneta massacre | 2 September 1944 | Certosa di Farneta | 44 | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division | Mass killing by 16th SS Division of 44 civilians at monastery in near Lucca[36] |
Marzabotto massacre | 29 September 1944 | Marzabotto | 770+ | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division | Mass killing by German occupation troops (16th SS)[37] |
Via Maqueda massacre | 19 October 1944 | Palermo | 24 | 139th Infantry Regiment "Bari" | Royal Italian troops massacre protesting civilians, with 24 killed and 158 injured. |
Bombing of Gorla | 20 October 1944 | Milan | 614 | US Army Air Force | USAAF bombers discarded their bombload on a densely inhabited area: among the victims, 184 pupils of the Gorla elementary school |
Porzûs massacre | 7 February 1945 | Porzûs, Faedis | 17 (1 wounded) | Communist partisans | Communist partisans execute 17 members of the Catholic partisan brigade "Brigata Osoppo". |
Salussola massacre | 9 March 1945 | Salussola | 20 (1 wounded) | Blackshirts | 20 Italian partisans tortured and executed by Fascist Blackshirts[38] |
Rovetta massacre | 28 April 1945 | Salussola | 43 | Partisans under British SOE command | 43 National Republican Guard prisoners executed by partisans under British command:[39] |
Schio massacre | 6 July 1945 | Schio | 54 | Partisans | A group of ex-partisans of the Garibaldi Partisan Division "Ateo Garemi" and officers of the auxiliary partisan police kill suspected fascists among 99 inmates detained in the city jail. |
Villarbasse massacre | 20 November 1945 | Villarbasse | 10 | Bandits | 3 of the perpetrators were sentenced to death; this was the last time the death penalty was applied in Italy |
Republic of Italy[]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Via Medina massacre | 11 June 1946 | Naples | 9 | Unknown | 9 monarchists killed and hundreds wounded by bomb |
Vergarola explosion | 18 August 1946 | Pula | 65 | Unknown | 65 killed by detonated explosives |
Portella della Ginestra massacre | 1 May 1947 | Piana degli Albanesi | 11 (+33 wounded) | Bandits | Attack on May Day celebrations by bandits[40] |
Melissa massacre | 29 October 1949 | Calabria | 3 | Police | Police kill three demonstrating peasants. 15 wounded. |
Modena massacre | 9 January 1950 | Modena | 6 | Carabinieri Police |
Authorities kill 6 and injure 200 protesters |
Trieste revolt | 5–6 November 1953 | Trieste | 6 | Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories Venezia Giulia Police Force |
6 killed by police under British command |
Reggio Emilia massacre | 7 July 1960 | Reggio Emilia | 5 | Police | Police shoot and kill five demonstrators. At least 16 injured. |
Ciaculli massacre | 30 June 1963 | Ciaculli | 7 | Mafia | car bombing of police by Mafia[41] |
Malga Sasso massacre | 9 September 1966 | Brenner | 3 | South Tyrolean Liberation Committee | 3 policemen killed by South Tyrolean secessionists |
Cima Vallona massacre | 25 June 1967 | San Nicolò di Comelico | 4 | South Tyrolean Liberation Committee | 4 soldiers killed by South Tyrolean secessionists |
Viale Lazio massacre | 10 December 1969 | Palermo | 5 | Mafia | Clan warfare by Mafia[42] |
Piazza Fontana bombing | 12 December 1969 | Milan | 17 (+88 wounded) | Ordine Nuovo | Bombing by right-wing terrorists[43] |
Gioia Tauro massacre | 22 July 1970 | Gioia Tauro | 6 | Vito Silverini, Vincenzo Caracciolo and Giuseppe Scarcella | Train derailed by explosive. Six killed and 66 wounded. |
Peteano massacre | 31 May 1972 | Sagrado | 3 | Ordine Nuovo | Three Carabinieri killed in right-wing terrorist bombing |
Milan police HQ massacre | 17 May 1973 | Milan | 4 | Gianfranco Bertoli | 4 killed and 52 injured in bombing. |
1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking | 17 December 1973 | Fiumicino | 34 | Palestinian terrorists | Airport terminal invasion, firebombing and hijacking of two aircraft by Palestinian terrorists |
Piazza della Loggia bombing | 28 May 1974 | Brescia | 8 (+>90 wounded) | Ordine Nuovo | Bombing by right-wing terrorists[44] |
Italicus Express bombing 1974 | 4 August 1974 | San Benedetto Val di Sambro | 12 (+48 wounded) | Ordine Nero | Bombing by right-wing terrorists[45] |
Via Caravaggio massacre | 30–31 October 1975 | Naples | 4 | Unknown | |
Acca Larentia killings | 7 January 1978 | Rome | 3 | Left-wing extremists | Killing of right-wing activists by left-wing terrorists |
Via Schievano massacre | 8 January 1980 | Milan | 3 | Red Brigades | Red Brigades shoot and kill three police officers |
Ustica massacre | 27 June 1980 | Tyrrhenian Sea near Ustica | 81 | Unknown | Airplane brought down by a terrorist bomb or air-to-air missile (findings disputed)[46] |
Bologna Station massacre | 2 August 1980 | Bologna | 85 (+>200 wounded) | Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari | bombing by right-wing terrorists[47] |
Circonvallazione massacre | 16 June 1982 | Palermo | 5 | Mafia | |
Salerno massacre | 26 August 1982 | Salerno | 3 | Red Brigades | One soldier and two policemen killed by Red Brigades terrorists |
Via Carini massacre | 3 September 1982 | Palermo | 3 | Mafia | |
Chinnici massacre | 29 July 1983 | Palermo | 5 | Mafia | Car bombing by Mafia |
Torre Annunziata massacre | 26 August 1984 | Torre Annunziata | 8 | Mafia | 7 injured |
Train 904 bombing | 23 December 1984 | San Benedetto Val di Sambro | 17 (+267 wounded) | Mafia | Terrorist attack by Mafia[48] |
Pizzolungo massacre | 2 April 1985 | Erice | 3 (+5 wounded) | Mafia | Attack on magistrate C Palermo by Mafia[49] |
Fiumicino massacre | 27 December 1985 | Rome | 16 | Abu Nidal Organization | Attack at Rome's international airport, probably carried out by Abu Nidal Organization, who also struck at Vienna's international airport on the same day[50] |
1988 Naples bombing | 14 April 1988 | Naples | 5 (15 injured) | Japanese Red Army | 4 Italians and 1 American killed by Japanese Red Army car bomb. |
Pescopagano massacre | 24 April 1990 | Pescopagano | 5 (7 injured) | Camorra | 5 killed in inter-criminal conflict, 7 injured[51] |
Gela massacre | 27 November 1990 | Gela | 8 (11 injured) | Mafia | Mafia killings |
Capaci bombing | 23 May 1992 | Capaci | 5 | Mafia | Attack on magistrate G Falcone by Mafia[52] |
Via D'Amelio massacre | 19 July 1992 | Palermo | 6 | Mafia | Attack on magistrate P Borsellino by Mafia[53] |
Via dei Georgofili massacre | 27 May 1993 | Florence | 5 (+48 wounded) | Mafia | Car bomb by Mafia[54] |
Via Palestro massacre | 27 July 1993 | Milan | 5 (+12 wounded) | Mafia | Car bombing by Mafia[55] |
Chilivani massacre | 16 August 1995 | Ozieri | 3 | Graziano Palmas, Andrea Gusinu | 2 Carabinieri and one bandit killed |
Castel Volturno massacre | 18 September 2008 | Castel Volturno | 7 (+1 injured) | Casalesi clan | Seven people, including six African immigrants killed at random by the Casalesi clan. |
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