1980 Explosion at Bologna train station
35 years ago, on August 2, 1980, the largest terrorist attack in the history of Italy took place. A bomb made from a mixture of TNT and RDX exploded, hidden in a bag left in the waiting room of the central railway station in Bologna. 85 people were killed, more than 200 people were injured. On November 23, 1995, neo-fascist terrorists Valerio Fioravanti and Francesca Mambro, who did not admit their guilt, were sentenced to life imprisonment for organizing a terrorist attack.