#582 | Piazza Fontana & The Accidental Death of An Anarchist

<p><strong> </strong></p><br><p>A deadly bomb. A death in a police station. A secret kept from the public. </p><p>In 1969, an explosion in Milan killed 17 people. The police accused a group of anarchists, but the story was not that simple. </p><p>In part one of this three-part mini-series on "Gli Anni Di Piombo" (The Years of Lead), we look at how this tragedy started one of the darkest times in Italian history. </p><ul><li>Italy modernising fast, but divided and tense.</li><li>12 December 1969: bomb at Milan’s Piazza Fontana.</li><li>Seventeen dead, eighty-eight injured; shock across Italy.</li><li>Coordinated Rome bombs; no claim; anarchists blamed.</li><li>Anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli dies after police questioning; controversy.</li><li>Pietro Valpreda arrested; weak evidence; years before acquittal.</li><li>Evidence pointed to far-right group Ordine Nuovo.</li><li>Suspected cover-ups by police and secret services.</li><li>Strategy of tension; suspected Gladio links; extent unclear.</l...