Acca Larentia, 4 militants attacked in Rome. Meloni: Italy deserves definitive national pacification
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the anniversary of the massacre (7 January 1978): 'When dissent becomes aggression, when an idea is silenced by force, democracy loses. Always"
Key points
"Today is the 48th anniversary of the Acca Larenzia massacre. A painful page in the history of our nation, which reminds us of the duty of memory and responsibility. Those of terrorism and political hatred were dark years, in which too much innocent blood was shed, from many sides. Wounds that affected families, communities, the entire Italian people'. This was stated on social media by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, stressing that 'even recent events, in Italy and abroad, remind us how fragile the border between confrontation and hatred, between words and violence, can sometimes be. When dissent becomes aggression, when an idea is silenced by force, democracy loses. Always'. The premier added that 'Italy deserves a true and definitive national pacification'. 'This is the commitment we owe to Franco, Francesco and Stefano - killed at Acca Larenzia - to all the victims of yesterday, regardless of their political colour, and to the freedom of today's and tomorrow's generations,' is the final comment.
Four National Youth activists attacked in Rome
Meanwhile, it is today's news that four activists of Gioventù Nazionale (Fdi's youth movement) were attacked near a supermarket in Via Tuscolana, Rome.
In the commando a dozen with masked faces
The attackers were about ten in number, hooded, armed with rods and bars. The group may have been caught on video surveillance cameras. The images are now being examined by the Digos of the Rome Police Headquarters, which has sent an initial report to the Prosecutor's Office. One of the four militants attacked was taken to hospital in a yellow code with swelling.
La Russa: appalled by cowardly attack on National Youth activists
"I learned with dismay the news of the cowardly attack that took place during the night in Rome against four militants of Gioventù Nazionale, who were attacked by a commando of twenty people while they were putting up posters in memory of Franco Bigonzetti and Francesco Ciavatta, who were murdered in front of the headquarters of the Italian Social Movement in Via Acca Larenzia in 1978. What happened is inadmissible, we are faced with extremely serious political hatred, which I condemn firmly. These attacks will not erase memory, nor will they stop those who, with courage and determination, continue to defend the right to memory and freedom of expression. My sincere and affectionate sympathy goes out to Gioventù Nazionale and the injured young people, with the hope that those responsible will be quickly identified'. This was written on social media by the President of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa.
Hundreds at Acca Larentia do the Roman salute
The cry 'for all fallen comrades' at Acca Larentia, Rome. And the 'present' repeated three times, accompanied by the Roman salute. Once again this year, hundreds of CasaPound adherents and other extreme right-wing militants commemorated the dead of the 7 January 1978 ambush in Rome, in which two members of the Fronte della Gioventù, Franco Bigonzetti and Francesco Ciavatta, and, shortly afterwards, Stefano Recchioni, were killed following clashes with police forces.
