Follow RT on While extradition hearings may drag on, the arrests of seven far-left militants today could be the start of Italy’s decades-long quest to bring justice to those who wrought havoc in the ‘Years of Lead’.
The arrest of seven Italians in France on Wednesday morning is not so much the final chapter in the story of Italy’s ‘Years of Lead’ but may be a new beginning in efforts at bringing terrorists to account for bombings, shootings and kidnappings that left nearly 400 people dead and a thousand more injured.
The five men and two women have been harboured by France for decades under the protection of the historical ‘Mitterrand Doctrine’ forbidding the extradition of terrorists who had “
Wanted in Rome
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The kidnapping and murder of Italy s former Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the terrorist group Brigate Rosse.
On 16 March 1978, Aldo Moro, former Italian Prime Minister and president of the Christian Democracy, was kidnapped. The kidnapping occurred in Via Mario Fani in Rome, by far-left terrorist organization the Red Brigades.
The attackers gunned down Moro s five personal bodyguards before taking him hostage. Then, on 9 May 1978, after 55 days of disputes, extensive searches, and proposed compromises, Moro was killed. His body was found in the back of a red Renault 4 in Via Michelangelo Caetani in the historic center of Rome, very close to both the Christian Democrat and Italian Communist Party headquarters.