Events on August 2 in history

Bologna massacre (August 2, 1980)

A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.

The Bologna massacre (Italian: strage di Bologna) was a terrorist bombing of the Bologna Centrale railway station in Bologna, Italy, on the morning of 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded over 200. Several members of the neo-fascist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari (NAR, Armed Revolutionary Nuclei) were sentenced for the bombing, although the group denied involvement.

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Events on August 2 in history

Bologna massacre (August 2, 1980)

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