Italy on Friday marked the 39th
anniversary of the Bologna train station bombing that killed 85
people on August 2, 1980.
It was Italy's worst terrorist attack since World War II.
"The public institutions have managed to establish the
judicial truth, condemning the people who carried the attack out
and shedding light on the neofascist nature of the terrorists,"
President Sergio Mattarella said.
"However, the broader commitment to eliminate all the areas
of darkness about the people behind the attack has not been
achieved.
"The truth must be totally established for justice to be
complete".
Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede said that this would
happen.
"The time of silence is over," he said.
"Finally, we are moving in the right direction.
"I have been thanked many times for my presence here.
"Allow me to say that my presence here is my duty, it is
nothing special.
"What is special is that you let me be here despite the
negligence of the State for decades about this attack".
Senate Speaker Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati and Lower
House Speaker Roberto Fico, meanwhile, said in a joint statement
that they were committed to declassifying and digitalizing
documents from the parliamentary commissions of inquiry into the
case.
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