Bologna massacre
| Bologna massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Years of Lead | |
Ruins of the Bologna station west wing | |
| Location | Bologna Centrale railway station, Italy |
| Date | 2 August 1980 10:25 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapon | Time bomb |
| Deaths | 85 |
| Injured | 200+ |
| Perpetrators | Luigi Ciavardini, Valerio Fioravanti, and Francesca Mambro (members of the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari) |
The Bologna massacre (Italian: strage di Bologna) 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 (NAR, Armed Revolutionary Nuclei) were sentenced for the bombing, although the group denied involvement. In 2020s investigations, and following prosecutions from the Bologna Corte d'Assise, declared Licio Gelli, along with other members of the masonic lodge and secret society Propaganda Due, as the mastermind behind the massacre.