From the late 1960s until the early 1980s , the country experienced the Years of Lead , a period characterised by economic crisis ( especially after the 1973 oil crisis ) , widespread social conflicts and terrorist massacres carried out by opposing extremist groups , with the alleged involvement of United States and Soviet intelligence . The Years of Lead culminated in the assassination of the Christian Democrat leader Aldo Moro in 1978 and the Bologna railway station massacre in 1980 , where 85 people died
Bologna railway station massacre
Bologna massacre
Prime Minister of Italy