Milan, Aug. 2 (LaPresse) – The August 2, 1980 bombing “has remained, and still is, the most serious act of terrorism in the history of our Republic.” Bologna Mayor Matteo Lepore said this during a speech delivered this morning in Piazza Medaglie d’Oro after the minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Bologna massacre. “On that day, Bologna also responded with another image, equally unforgettable,” the mayor said, “that of city buses turned into makeshift ambulances, taxi drivers, firefighters and ordinary citizens who rushed to dig through the rubble with their bare hands.” “An entire city placed itself at the service of life, without distinctions, without calculation,” Lepore added. “That response – popular, supportive and deeply democratic – is as much a part of our identity as the pain of that day, and it will forever be remembered through the awarding of the Gold Medal for Civil Valour by President of the Republic Sandro Pertini,” he concluded.
Bologna massacre, Lepore: “The most serious act of terrorism in the history of the Republic”
Milan, Aug. 2 (LaPresse) – The August 2, 1980 bombing “has remained, and still is, the most serious act of terrorism in the history of our Republic.” Bologna Mayor Matteo Lepore said this during a speech delivered this morning in Piazza Medaglie d’Oro after the minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Bologna massacre. “On that day, Bologna also responded with another image, equally unforgettable,” the mayor said, “that of city buses turned into makeshift ambulances, taxi drivers, firefighters and ordinary citizens who rushed to dig through the rubble with their bare hands.” “An entire city placed itself at the service of life, without distinctions, without calculation,” Lepore added. “That response – popular, supportive and deeply democratic – is as much a part of our identity as the pain of that day, and it will forever be remembered through the awarding of the Gold Medal for Civil Valour by President of the Republic Sandro Pertini,” he concluded.
