In 1977 Bologna was the scene of rioting linked to the Movement of 1977 , a spontaneous political movement of the time . The alleged police shooting of a far-left activist , Francesco Lorusso , sparked two days of street clashes . On 2 August 1980 , at the height of the " years of lead " , a terrorist bomb was set off in the central railway station of Bologna killing 85 people and wounding 200 , an event which is known in Italy as the Bologna massacre . In 1995 , members of the neo-fascist group Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari were convicted for carrying out the attack , while Licio Gelli — Grand Master of the underground Freemason lodge Propaganda Due ( P2 ) — was convicted for hampering the investigation , together with three agents of the secret military intelligence service SISMI ( including Francesco Pazienza and Pietro Musumeci ) . Commemorations take place in Bologna on 2 August each year , culminating in a concert in the main square
Bologna massacre
Bologna massacre
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