| Via Palestro massacre | |
|---|---|
 The aftermath of the bombing | |
| Location | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
| Date | 27 July 1993 |
Attack type | Car bombing |
| Weapon | Explosives |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 12 |
The Via Palestro massacre (Italian: Strage di Via Palestro) was a terrorist attack carried out by Cosa Nostra in Milan on the evening of 27 July 1993. The explosion of a car bomb in Via Palestro, near the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, resulted in the killing of five people (firemen Carlo La Catena, Sergio Pasotto and Stefano Picerno, the municipal guard Alessandro Ferrari and Driss Moussafir, a Moroccan immigrant who was sleeping on a bench) and the wounding of twelve.