Palmi gallery. Between Lamezia Terme and San Pietro a Maida another bomb exploded damaging the railway track. Near Gioia Tauro, the town of the Freccia del Sud massacre, two explosive devices were found on the railway tracks. Despite the bombings and the disruptions of rail service, over 40,000 people managed to reach Reggio Calabria. The unionist organizers were under great strain, fearing attacks or bombings on the march course, and were doubtful if marching was a sound thing to do after the attacks. Some workers begun the march autonomously, and were followed by the rest of the crowd. The parade received some stone throwing from provokers, but resisted responding to the violence. Ultimately, the protest became a strong message to the city and a great blow to Franco's power, effectively closing an age of turmoil in the city. Aftermath According to the neo-fascist activist Vincenzo Vinciguerra, who at the time belonged to National Vanguard, the group had been responsible for the bombs. Senator Francesco Ciccio Franco was investigated for distributing leaflets hostile to the anti-fascist demonstration. Subsequent judicial investigations of charges of provocation and terrorism ended with his acquittal. In popular culture Songwriter Giovanna Marini dedicated a song to the event, entitled "I treni per Reggio Calabria". References Cento Bull, Anna (2007/2012). Italian Neofascism: The Strategy of Tension and the Politics of Nonreconciliation, New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, Ferraresi Franco (1996). Threats to Democracy: The Radical Right in Italy after the War, Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press, Ginsborg, Paul (1990). A History of Contemporary Italy: 1943-80, London: Penguin Books, Partridge, Hilary (1998). Italian politics today, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1972 in Italy