Villarbasse massacre

Giovanni Puleo, Francesco La Barbera and Giovanni D'Ignoti after their arrest

Villarbasse massacre took place on November 20, 1945, in Villarbasse—about 20 km from Turin—where four men from Sicily (Pietro Lala, Giovanni D'Ignoti, Giovanni Puleo, and Francesco La Barbera) killed ten people:[1] the men were sentenced to death, for the last application of capital punishment for common crimes in Italy.[2]

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    Accorsi, Centini

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  2. ^ Giorgio Bocca (4 March 2007). "Pena di morte". la Repubblica (in Italian). pp. 34–35.