Terrorists kidnap Italian politician Aldo Moro 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1978)


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(Thursday, March 16, 1978, 9:02 a.m. CET)Aldo Moro, one of Italy’s most influential politicians, was kidnapped this morning by the left-wing Red Brigades who killed all five of his bodyguards in a bloody street ambush on Via Fani, a street in Rome.