Angelo Sbardellotto
Angelo Sbardellotto (1907–1932) was an Italian anarchist who attempted to assassinate dictator Benito Mussolini.
He was born on 1 of August 1907 in Belluno, Venice, Italy, the fifth child of a family of 11 children. In 1924 he went into exile with his father Luigi, fleeing fascism, first to France, then to Luxembourg and finally to Liege ( Belgium ), working as a miner and mechanic, participating much in an anarchist group Liege and actively acting during the campaign support for Sacco and Vanzetti .
In 1928 his mother, Giovanna Dall'Omo, who remained in Italy, wrote to him asking him to come back as he had been given the summons to serve the army; Angelo informed her by letter his refusal to return to Italy, declaring his libertarian ideals, his condemnation of anti-militarism and fascism. Giovanna, Catholic and traditionalist mentality, asked the local council chaplain, who apparently informed the fascist authorities and from this moment, Sbardellotto figured in police files as "dangerous anarchist".
He returned clandestinely to Italy, but on 4 as June 1932, police arrested him in Piazza Venezia (Roma) carrying a false passport. It is registered you found a gun and two bombs attached to the body. During interrogation, he confessed that he had gone to Italy with the intention of attacking Mussolini, like Michele Schirru . After a judicial investigation day (in November and December of June 1932 ), by the Attorney General Vincenzo Balzamo, he was prosecuted summarily. In just two hours he was sentenced to death by the Special Tribunal for the Defense of the Fascist State, chaired by Guido Cristini, for the "crime of intent" to assassinate " Duce ". Sbardellotto refused to make a request for a pardon and was shot the next day, 17 of June 1932, at 5:45 am, in Bretta Forte (Roma), after rejecting church services. Previously, he was forced to witness the execution of militant anti - fascist Genovese Domenico Bovone. When he received the download shouted: "Long live anarchy!". His body was never delivered to the family and was buried in a secret place.