(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 02 - Forty-one years ago the city of Bologna and with it the Republic were hit in the heart.
A bomb attack, by cynical minds aiming at the destabilization of Italian democracy, caused a terrible massacre in which defenseless women and men, innocent children, died.
This was stated by the head of state sergio Mattarella in a note.
"The Bolognese and the Italians - he continues - knew how to react with courage, offering solidarity to those who needed help, care, comfort. Affirming a strong spirit of unity in the face of the subversive gesture directed against the Italian people. Over time supporting the questions of truth and injustice, which, starting with family members, have made the memory of this inhumane event an engine of civil redemption and a warning to be passed on to younger generations.
The commitment of men of the State, supported by the exigent initiative of the Association of the Family of the Victims, led to judicial conclusions that highlighted the neo-fascist matrix of the bomb that exploded on the morning of August 2, 1980. Not all shadows have been dispelled and still strong is the commitment to search for a complete truth.
The Republic has been able to reject the strategy of these criminals, defending the principles of civilization. of our society, is perceived more and more as an indivisible common good ". conquered with the struggle for liberation", he concludes. (ANSA).