The Arma dei carabinieri , with the mayors of Ozieri, Chilivani and Porto Torres , paid tribute to Chilivani this morning in memory of Ciriaco Carru and Walter Frau , the two carabinieri killed in the Pede 'e Semene massacre on 16 August 1995.
Like every year, their sacrifice was commemorated in the presence of the provincial commander of the Carabinieri of Sassari, Colonel Massimiliano Pricchiazzi, the mayors of Ozieri, Marco Peralta, of Chilivani, Luigi Pinna and of Porto Torres, Massimo Mulas.
In an intimate ceremony with the relatives of the two carabinieri, the parish priest of Ozieri, Don Francesco Ledda, gave his blessing to the two tombstones positioned on the site of the massacre in memory of the two victims .
THE TRAGEDY – That afternoon 28 years ago, a group of bandits preparing to attack an armored car was intercepted by the "gazelle" of the mobile radio unit of the Compagnia di Ozieri, with Carru and Frau on board. The two carabinieri arrived at Pede 'e Semene, near Chilivani, where the suspicious presence of a concrete mixer truck had been reported by the roadside, blocked the driver of the vehicle who was carrying a sawed-off shotgun. While they were arresting him they were overwhelmed by a storm of bullets unleashed by the accomplices stationed nearby. Carru and Frau returned fire trying to defend themselves, but the gang, made up of eight men and armed to the teeth killed them mercilessly .
The robbery of the armored car was foiled and the entire commando was later arrested and convicted.
For their heroic deed Carru and Frau were awarded the gold medal for military valor, in memory.
(Unioneonline/vl)
