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Operation Bowler was an air attack on Venice harbour by Allied aircraft on 21 March 1945, as part of the Italian campaign in World War II.It was led by Acting Wing Commander, later Group Captain, George Westlake of the Royal Air Force.
The building is located in Venice, Italy. The explosion resulted in killing the night watchman, 49-year-old Franco Battaggliarin, who died instantly from the explosion. The police reported that they received an anonymous call claiming that the bomb was planted by Ordine Nero. [17] On 10 August 1983, a bomb was planted on Milan-Palermo train.
Milan police headquarters bombing: on May 17, 1973, a grenade attack by the anarchist Gianfranco Bertoli killed four people and injured fifty-two others. Piazza della Loggia bombing: on May 28, 1974, a bomb exploded in Brescia, killing eight people. Padova MSI headquarter attack: on June 17, 1974, the Brigate Rosse killed two Missini supporters.
The Piazza della Loggia bombing (Italian: attentato di Piazza della Loggia) was a bombing that took place on the morning of 28 May 1974, in Brescia, Italy during an anti-fascist protest. The terrorist attack killed eight people and wounded 102. The bomb was placed inside a rubbish bin at the east end of the square.
The Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, was the final Allied attack during the Italian Campaign in the final stages of the Second World War. [6] The attack in the Lombard Plain by the 15th Allied Army Group started on 6 April 1945 and ended on 2 May with the surrender of all Axis forces in Italy .
The via dei Georgofili bombing (Italian: Strage di via dei Georgofili) was a terrorist attack carried out by the Sicilian Mafia on 27 May 1993 outside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy in retaliation for the arrest of Mafia boss Salvatore Riina.
The first bombardment of Venice by Austro-Hungarian naval aircraft four hours after Italy declared war (illustration by H. R. Schulze, 1915) Air and naval actions started shortly after the Italian Kingdom entered the war on the Allied side on 24 May 1915.
The surviving terrorist in the Rome airport attack, Syrian national Mahmoud Ibrahim Khaled (Khalid Ibrahim), was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in 1988. He was released early on good behavior in June 2010 and was living in Rome in 2011. He was employed, and had a girlfriend. [9]