Piazza Fontana bombing
terrorist attack carried out in Milan in 1969
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Summary
Piazza Fontana bombing is a terrorist attack[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of terrorist attack entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,265 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Italy[3]
- Instance of: mass murder[4], bomb attack[5]
- Location: Milan[6]
- Part of: Years of Lead[7]
- Commons category: Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan[8]
- Target: Banca nazionale dell'agricoltura[9], strategy of tension in Italy[10]
- Point in time: December 12, 1969[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan[12]
- Number of deaths: 17[13]
- Number of injured: 88[14]
- History of topic: Chronology of investigations and events related to the massacre in Piazza Fontana[15]
- Time period: Years of Lead[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Q141394106[17]
- Perpetrator: Ordine Nuovo[18], Carlo Digilio[19], Franco Freda[20], Giovanni Ventura[21], Guido Giannettini[22]
Why It Matters
Piazza Fontana bombing has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]