Anteo Zamboni
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Anteo Zamboni was a 15-year old anarchist
who tried to assassinate Benito Mussolini
in Bologna on October 31, 1926, by shooting at him during the parade celebrating the March on Rome
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Zamboni, whose shot missed Mussolini, was immediately attacked and lynched by nearby fascists
. The man who first detained him and identified him as the would-be assassin was cavalry
officer
Carlo Alberto Pasolini, father of film director Pier Paolo Pasolini
. The event was used as political leverage by the fascist government to abolish liberties and dissolve the remaining opposition parties.
A street in Bologna – "Mura Anteo Zamboni" – bears his name. In a film about the assassination attempt by Gianfranco Mingozzi, Gli ultimi tre giorni (1978), Zamboni was played by Franco Lotterio.
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
who tried to assassinate Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
in Bologna on October 31, 1926, by shooting at him during the parade celebrating the March on Rome
March on Rome
The March on Rome was a march by which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party came to power in the Kingdom of Italy...
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Zamboni, whose shot missed Mussolini, was immediately attacked and lynched by nearby fascists
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
. The man who first detained him and identified him as the would-be assassin was cavalry
Cavalry
Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...
officer
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
Carlo Alberto Pasolini, father of film director Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
. The event was used as political leverage by the fascist government to abolish liberties and dissolve the remaining opposition parties.
A street in Bologna – "Mura Anteo Zamboni" – bears his name. In a film about the assassination attempt by Gianfranco Mingozzi, Gli ultimi tre giorni (1978), Zamboni was played by Franco Lotterio.