Two of them were allegedly murdered by far-left militants and the third by a fatal shooting believed to be by police.
In the massacre on January 7, 1978, two members of the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement’s (MSI) youth wing, Fronte della Gioventù, Franco Bigonzetti and Francesco Ciavatta, aged 18 and 19, were shot dead outside the party’s Rome headquarters in the street named after a Roman goddess.
A third MSI youth wing member, Stefano Recchioni, 19, was fatally injured by a stray bullet during ensuing clashes between members of the Fronte della Gioventù, who rioted after the deaths, and police.
The Italian right, led by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, which has roots in the MSI, has claimed no effort was ever made to find the alleged shooters, as allegedly in a number of other cases involving far-right victims.
FdI Deputy House Whip Fabio Rampelli called for a parliamentary commission of inquiry into terrorism.
Centre-right post Berlusconi Forza Italia (FI) Senate Whip Maurizio Gasparri, a former MSI member, said “the inertia of the Rome prosecutors is the real disgrace on the Acca Larentia massacre”.
He added that Skorpion machine guns traced to other leftist extremist murders had never been used to find the Acca Larentia alleged murderers.
Neofascists attend the Acca Larentia ceremony every year, calling out “present and correct” and making the Fascist salute, sometimes leading to criminal proceedings which have usually ended with acquittals.
A passer-by on Tuesday shouted “Long live the Resistance” and had his details taken by police.
Green leader Angelo Bonelli said, “Fascist symbols are tolerated but not someone shouting long live the Resistance.”
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