Antonio Annarumma

Antonio Annarumma (10 January 1947, Monteforte Irpino, Campania – 19 November 1969, Milan) was an Italian policeman, and killed at age 22 while serving during a demonstration called by the Italian (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Party and from the Student Movement. He is considered to be the first victim of the Years of Lead, a period of social and political upheaval in Italy.

The demonstration passed in front of the Teatro Lirico, Milan, where a union rally was held by CISL with speaker Bruno Storti.

During attacks on the police, Annarumma was hit by an iron tube, according to the court inquiry. After he was struck the vehicle he was driving hit another police officer.[1] Students believe it is the accident which killed him, but this claim was repudiated by the medical examination.[2]

Notes
  1. http://www.cadutipolizia.it/fonti/1943-1981/1969annarumma.htm
  2. Montanelli, Indro; Mario Cervi (1991). L'Italia degli anni di piombo. Milan, Lombardy, Italy: Rizzoli Editore.
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