What the records say
- When
- 20 Nov 1945
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 10
- Coordinates
- 45.05° N, 7.47° E
- Description
- last instance of death sentence in Italy
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Villarbasse massacre
Last instance of death sentence in Italy
The Villarbasse massacre took place on November 20, 1945, in Villarbasse, about 20 km from Turin, when four men from Sicily killed ten people during a robbery. The perpetrators were sentenced to death, for the last application of capital punishment for common crimes in Italy.
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