“The deep mark left by the massacre of August 2, 1980, at the Bologna railway station is engraved in the republican history and in the consciousness of Italians.” This is what the Head of State Sergio Mattarella said on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the neo-fascist attack.
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“The infinite pain for so many defenseless victims, women, men, children; the emotion for the anguish and suffering of the families; the dismay for the destruction brought to the center of the civil life of the city and the entire nation are renewed today, as on every day of remembrance. It is an awareness that concerns our community, especially the young. And it renews the commitment to safeguard the future to be built on the values of freedom, justice, democracy. The values that the neo-fascist strategy of terror sought to destroy.”
The procession in Bologna
In Bologna, from 9:30 am, a procession is underway to remember the victims of the railway station. On the morning of August 2, 1980, there were 85 deaths, with more than 200 injured.
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Meloni: “One of the most ferocious terrorist attacks”
“46 years ago terrorism launched one of its most ferocious attacks. It struck at the heart of the entire nation, with an attack that disintegrated the Bologna station, killing 85 people and injuring over two hundred.” This is what Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote on social media.
“What happened on August 2, 1980, represents one of the darkest and most dramatic pages in national history. Today we join, once again, the families of the victims and all the people of Bologna in this day of pain and commemoration,” she concludes.
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