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Italy: Acquittal for eight communist terrorist suspects

01 August 2004

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On 21 September 2004, eight members of Iniziativa Comunista (a Marxist-Leninist group based in Rome), who were arrested on 3 May 2001 in relation to investigations by the carabinieri regarding the "new" Red Brigades (BR) and the assassination of Massimo D'Antona, were acquitted by a court in Rome. The judge in the preliminary hearing ruled that the accusations did not stand up to judicial scrutiny, and that the evidence presented by anti-terrorist prosecutors was "inconsistent". The eight were accused of subversive association as a result of "political dialogue" with the new BR. One of the accused was also accused of material involvement in the assassination, before a witness failed to identify her in an identity parade in Rebibbia prison. Prosecutors had demanded two-year prison terms for six of the accused, two years and eight months for the leader of the group, and the acquittal of the eighth suspect, and have announced that they may appeal the ruling. The defendants spent nine months in prison, and may demand damages.

Il manifesto, 22.9.04.

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