There were 267 injured. The motive behind the bomb attack was to distract Italian security forces from investigating the Sicilian Mafia. (23 December 1984)
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Sunday 22nd of August 1976 (-) — Lutheran pastor Oskar Brüsewitz dies of of his severe burns due to his self-immolation on 18 August 1976 in front of his church. On the day of his protest suicide Brüsewitz carried pamphlets accusing the communists of repression. "Funkspruch an alle: Die Kirche in der DDR klagt den Kommunismus an! Wegen Unterdrückung in Schulen an Kindern und Jugendlichen."