- Gino Lucetti
Gino Lucetti (
August 31 1900 -September 17 1943 ) was an Italiananarchist and would-be assassin.Born in Carrara, Italy, he fought in the assault troops during
World War I . Later he emigrated toFrance , from where he returned to attempt the assassination ofBenito Mussolini , Italy's Fascist "Duce". OnSeptember 11 1926 , in thePorta Pia square inRome , he threw a bomb against Mussolini's car, but without effect.Arrested, Lucetti stood trial in June 1927, and was condemned to life in prison. The politician
Vincenzo Baldazzi was also condemned for having supported him in preparing the attempt.In 1943 Lucetti escaped from prison with the help of others, but died shortly afterwards during a bombing of
Ischia .References
*cite book|first=Riccardo |last=Lucetti|title=Gino Lucetti, l'attentato contro il Duce, 11 settembre 1926|publisher=Edizioni della Cooperativa Tipolitografica di Carrara|location=Carrara
*cite book|first=Lorenzo |last=Del Boca|title=Il dito dell'anarchico|publisher=Edizioni Piemme|year=2000
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