Terrorist attack

Piazza Fontana bombing

12 Dec 1969 · 45.46° N, 9.19° E

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When
12 Dec 1969
Kind
Terrorist attack
Killed
17
Coordinates
45.46° N, 9.19° E
Wounded
88

Piazza Fontana bombing

Terrorist attack carried out in Milan in 1969

The Piazza Fontana bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred on 12 December 1969 when a bomb exploded at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, another bomb exploded in a bank in Rome, and another was found unexploded in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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