The leaflet with which the Red
Brigades claimed responsibility for the March 1978 kidnapping of
Christian Democrat leader Aldo Moro is going up for sale at
auction online.
Moro was kidnapped in an ambush on 16 March 1978 in which his
five police escort were gunned down, and assassinated by the
leftist terrorists 55 days later, on May 9 1978.
The dramatic communique has a starting price of 600 euros on the
website of the Bertolani Fine Art auction hose.
So far 12 bids have come in, the highest 1,700 euros, but the
auction still has 13 days to go.
The sale has sparked protests including from journalist Mario
Calabresi, whose father was shot dead in the Years of Lead of
rightwing and leftwing terror.
"Those pages dripping with blood should, rather, be placed in a
House of Memory", he said.
Meanwhile centre-left Democratic Party (PD) MP Filippo Sensi
called for "a show of pity that will prevent the sale".
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