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Red Brigades

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Red Brigades

Extreme left-wing guerrilla groups active in Italy during the 1970s and early 1980s. They were implicated in many kidnappings and killings, some later attributed to right-wing agents provocateurs, including that of Christian Democrat leader Aldo Moro in 1978.



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If our robes are red, it is because of the blood some have spilled to defend the law," he said, referring to the killings of magistrates by Red Brigades militants in the 1970s and 1980s.
A "new" Red Brigades linked to a group of communist militants killed two government labour rights consultants in 1999 and 2002.
Spataro, who is known for his work against the left-wing militant group the Red Brigades that was active in the 1970s, told AFP that Wednesday's hearing would focus on "juridical issues".
 
 
 
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