With a silent ceremony, in the presence of the vice president of the CSM David Ermini and the national anti-mafia prosecutor Federico Cafiero De Raho, the commemoration of the Georgofili massacre was held tonight in Florence, which on the night between 26 and 27 May 1993 cost the life to five people and caused damage to the artistic heritage of the Uffizi Gallery.
At 1:04, the time the car bomb exploded, the sound of the bells rang and a floral wreath was placed at the site of the attack. The ceremony, with a limited number for the coronavirus emergency, was preceded by a short procession that started from Palazzo Vecchio. Present, among others, the mayor of Florence Dario Nardella, the president of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani, the chief prosecutor of Florence Giuseppe Creazzo and representatives of the association among the families of the victims of the massacre.
"The legitimate demand for truth and justice does not belong only to the relatives of the victims, to whom goes my sincere thanks and gratitude for always keeping the memory alive and continuing to defend the reasons for justice and democracy. The truth must be a need for all of us, because an authentic awareness of the passages, even painful ones, of the experience of a community enriches the civil conscience of the country and, above all, serves as a warning on the need to always preserve our democracy ". The speaker of the Chamber Roberto Fico writes in a message to the Association of relatives of the victims of the Georgofili massacre, on the occasion of the 28th anniversary.
"I address my greetings to Luigi Dainelli, President of the Association of the Relatives of the Victims of the Via dei Georgofili Massacre, to the Authorities and to all those taking part in the events organized on the occasion of the twenty-eighth anniversary of the massacre". This is the message sent by the President of the Senate Elisabetta Casellati to the Association of the families of the victims of the Via dei Georgofili massacre on the occasion of the twenty-eighth anniversary of the attack. "On the night of May 27, 1993 - he continues - a deep wound tore Florence, the heart of our civilization and of our history. A deep wound tore all of Italy.