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Events on Saturday 2 August 1980 1
1980Bologna Railway Station BombingNeo-fascist terrorist attack kills 85 in ItalyA bomb hidden in a suitcase exploded in the waiting room of Bologna Centrale railway station on 2 August 1980, killing 85 people and wounding over 200. The attack was later attributed to neo-fascist militants during Italy's "Years of Lead." It remains the deadliest terrorist bombing in Italian history.