Peteano massacre
| Peteano massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Years of Lead (Italy) | |
The car bomb after the explosion | |
| Location | Sagrado, Italy |
| Date | May 31, 1972 |
Attack type | Car bombing |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrators | New Order |
| Motive | Neo-fascist terrorism |
The Peteano massacre (Italian: strage di Peteano) was a neo-fascist terrorist attack which occurred on May 31, 1972 in Peteano, a frazione of Sagrado (Gorizia), Italy. An anonymous call led five carabinieri to check a suspicious car, which turned out to be a car bomb that exploded when the door was opened. Three carabinieri were killed.
The perpetrators were Vincenzo Vinciguerra, Carlo Cicuttini and Ivano Boccaccio, all members of Ordine Nuovo, a far-right organisation. Boccaccio was killed in a separate action in October 1972, while Vinciguerra and Cicuttini were both convicted to life in prison. Cicuttini lived as a fugitive in Spain for several years before his arrest in 1998; he was released for health reason shortly before his death in 2010.