Valerio Fioravanti
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Giuseppe Valerio Fioravanti (born March 28, 1958) is an Italian former child actor and terrorist, founder of the neo-fascist terrorist group Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari. He is currently serving a life term for the 1980 Bologna train station bombing working in Nessuno tocchi Caino. He was born at Rovereto.
Fioravanti married his co-accomplice in the Bologna massacre, Francesca Mambro, in prison. In 1997, the Venice Film Festival debuted a documentary of his on Rome's Rebibbia prison, Piccoli Ergastoli (Little Life Sentences).
Fioravanti was arrested on February 5, 1981, after two policemen were killed in a shootout in Padua with members of the Terza Posizione terrorist grouping. Fioravanti was shot, a tip-off led to his arrest later that day. He was sought at that time in connection with a series of crimes, including the Bologna bombing.[1]
In 1988, he was convicted and served a life sentence for the Bologna bombing.[2]. He was acquitted on appeals in 1990, but a retrial started in 1993.[3][4] In 1995, the Supreme Court confirmed his earlier sentence.
[edit] References
- ^ "Two police killed by terrorists", United Press International, 1981-02-06.
- ^ "Court issues sentences in Bologna train bombing", United Press International, 1988-07-11.
- ^ "Appeals Court Throws Out Bologna Bombing Convictions", Associated Press, 1990-07-19.
- ^ "Second Appeals Trial Begins for Train Station Bombing", Associated Press, 1993-10-11.
