Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said
Tuesday his thoughts were with the victims of terrorism after
the French supreme court gave a final No to the extradition to
Italy of 10 former leftist terrorists, mostly ex members of the
Red Brigades (BR) group which dominated the so-called Years of
Lead period of social turmoil and political violence from the
late 1960 to the late 80s.
Nordio, a former prosecutor who fought against the leftist and
rightist terrorists who sowed death across Italy in those years,
said: "I experienced those dramatic years as a prosecutor in
the first person and today my first emotional thought can only
be addressed to all the victims of that bloody season and their
families, who have waited for years, together with the entire
country, for an answer from French justice.
"I therefore make my own the words of Mario Calabresi, son of
the commissioner (Luigi) killed 51 years ago, in the hope that
those who did not hesitate to kill then will now 'feel the need
to face up to their responsibilities and have the courage to
contribute to the truth'."
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