A deadly bomb. A death in a police station. A secret kept from the public.

In 1969, an explosion in Milan killed 17 people. The police accused a group of anarchists, but the story was not that simple.

In part one of this three-part mini-series on "Gli Anni Di Piombo" (The Years of Lead), we look at how this tragedy started one of the darkest times in Italian history.

• Italy modernising fast, but divided and tense.
• 12 December 1969: bomb at Milan’s Piazza Fontana.
• Seventeen dead, eighty-eight injured; shock across Italy.
• Coordinated Rome bombs; no claim; anarchists blamed.
• Anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli dies after police questioning; controversy.
• Pietro Valpreda arrested; weak evidence; years before acquittal.
• Evidence pointed to far-right group Ordine Nuovo.
• Suspected cover-ups by police and secret services.
• Strategy of tension; suspected Gladio links; extent unclear.
• Impact: fear, ordinary victims, start of the Years of Lead.

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/piazza-fontana

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