What happened when Aldo Moro was kidnapped in 1978?

Aldo Moro is kidnapped

Il rapimento di Aldo Moro

16 March 1978. From the end of the 1960s to the early 1980s, the anni di piombo or years of lead, far-left and far-right terrorists killed hundreds of people.

Where: Italy

What happened

From the end of the 1960s to the early 1980s, the anni di piombo or years of lead, far-left and far-right terrorists killed hundreds of people. On 16 March 1978 the Red Brigades kidnapped Aldo Moro, a former prime minister and president of the Christian Democrats, in Via Fani in Rome, killing the five men of his escort. The government refused to negotiate. On 9 May, almost two months later, his body was found in a car in Via Caetani, in the centre of Rome. Much about the case is still argued over.

Say it

Il rapimento di Moro è uno dei momenti più bui della Repubblica.

Moro's kidnapping is one of the darkest moments of the Republic.