Peteano massacre

Peteano massacre
Part of Years of Lead (Italy)
The car bomb after the explosion
LocationSagrado, Italy
DateMay 31, 1972
Attack type
Car bombing
Deaths3
Injured2
Perpetrators New Order
MotiveNeo-fascist terrorism

The Peteano massacre (Italian: strage di Peteano) was a neo-fascist terrorist attack which occurred on May 31, 1972 in Peteano, a frazione of Sagrado (Gorizia), Italy. An anonymous call led five carabinieri to check a suspicious car, which turned out to be a car bomb that exploded when the door was opened. Three carabinieri were killed.

The perpetrators were Vincenzo Vinciguerra, Carlo Cicuttini and Ivano Boccaccio, all members of Ordine Nuovo, a far-right organisation.[1] Boccaccio was killed in a separate action in October 1972, while Vinciguerra and Cicuttini were both convicted to life in prison. Cicuttini lived as a fugitive in Spain for several years before his arrest in 1998; he was released for health reason shortly before his death in 2010.

  1. ^ Sandro Provvisionato (16 November 2009). "I tre anni che sconvolsero l'Italia". Corriere della Sera. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.