Pizzolungo bombing

The Pizzolungo Bombing was a car-bomb attack on 2 April 1985 undertaken by the Sicilian Mafia in order to kill Carlo Palermo, a magistrate in Pizzolungo, Sicily. Palermo had been investigating an international drug and arms trafficking network in which Italian politicians may have been involved. Palermo was injured in the attack and three passersby were killed: Barbara Rizzo and her young twin sons, Salvatore and Giuseppe Asta.

Pizzolungo bombing
After the blast
LocationPizzolungo, Italy
Coordinates38.0581°N 12.5583°E / 38.0581; 12.5583
Date2 April 1985
8:35 (GMT)
Attack type
Assassination
WeaponsCar bomb (made using TNT)
Deaths3
Injured5
PerpetratorSicilian Mafia
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