Sale of historical document produced by the Red Brigades, who eventually killed the Italian statesman, criticised as in poor taste
The Christian Democratic Aldo Moro was kidnapped in 1978 by the leftwing Red Brigades. Five bodyguards died in his capture and his bullet-riddled body was later dumped.The Christian Democratic Aldo Moro was kidnapped in 1978 by the leftwing Red Brigades. Five bodyguards died in his capture and his bullet-riddled body was later dumped.A leaflet claiming responsibility forby the ultra-left Red Brigades has been sold at auction, despite criticism the sale was in poor taste.
Bertolami wrote in the auction notes that the leaflet was an original propaganda flyer the Red Brigades distributed to the press the day after the kidnapping, and the first of a series. Moro’s bullet-ridden body was found in the boot of a car parked in Rome 55 days after his kidnapping.“These pages are dripping with blood, they can’t be bought and sold, become a collector’s item,” said Mario Calabresi, a former editor of La Repubblica newspaper and son of a police commissioner killed in 1972 by a far-left group.
On Twitter, a Democratic party deputy, Filippo Sensi, wrote that the auction involving such a “painful record” was “very sad”.
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