Verro was also sentenced by another Military Tribunal to 16 years , a penalty of 500 lire and three years of special surveillance , for his alleged involvement with the Lercara Friddi massacre on Christmas 1893 , despite the fact that he had not been present when the violence broke out and that in fact he had actually tried to calm down local hotheads in the days before . After two years , in March 1896 , he was released as the result of a pardon recognizing the excessive brutality of the repression
Lercara Friddi massacre
Lercara Friddi massacre
Bernardino Verro