«In the bloody chain of the massacre season of the Italian far right, of which the Italicus massacre is a significant part, the neo-fascist matrix emerges, as underlined by the ruling of the Court of Cassation and the conclusions of the parliamentary commission of inquiry on the P2 lodge, even if the judicial proceedings did not lead to the express condemnation of those responsible". Thus the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, on the 50th anniversary of the Italicus massacre.

It was the night between 3 and 4 August 1974, when a bomb placed on a convoy on the Bologna-Florence route exploded near San Benedetto Valdisambro. There were 12 victims and the origin of the attack was, as recalled by the Head of State, indicated as neo-fascist terrorism.

«Italian society and its institutions – added Mattarella in his memory – were able to repel that attack on civil coexistence thanks to the strength and cohesion of the unity of the national community, founded on the principles of our Constitution».

(Unioneonline)