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Update on the Trial of Anarchists in Italy
The trial has now entered a phase of technical testimonies made by
convicts and police officers. At this stage, what's being analysed is
the episode of the so-called "Prenestino Car-bomb", which exploded in
1989 killing comrade Luigi De Blasi. There have been many police
investigations and technical evaluations made in order to determine the
quality, quantity and destructive potential of the explosive used, and
also the motives and identities of those involved in this incident. Both
top forensic scientists and professors from the university came to
testify on the investigation into who the man devastated by the car-bomb
was (for the prosecution, the assassin De Blasi). The prosecution's
final theory was that this car-bomb must have been a reprisal to avenge
some kidnappers killed by police on the hard shoulder a few days
previously in Rome. So, according to the prosecution, this was the
motive and De Blasi must have carried out this attack. Moreover, the
professors specifically stated their certainty regarding the identity of
the bomber.
The next hearing is set for the 7th and 8th of July, practically a month
and a half away from the last one. There's an interest in spinning out
this trial, to make sure it goes by unobserved, and in dampening the
atmosphere of confict that developed in the first few hearings.
One last piece of news is that Lovecchio, who arrived in Rome a few
weeks ago after being extradited from the Netherlands, found herself
jailed in Rebibbia and is now under house arrest.
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