The Kidnapping & Killing of Aldo Moro

Plaque to Aldo Moro, Via Caetani

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On May 9th 1978, the dead body of Aldo Moro (b. 1916), a former prime minister and a prominent figure in the Christian Democratic Party, was found in the boot of a car parked in Via Caetani, in the centre of Rome. Moro, 61, had been kidnapped by the Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades), almost three months earlier, on March 18th. 

A large plaque commemorates the spot in Via Caetani where the car was found.  

In translation, the plaque reads:
'Fifty-four days after his barbaric kidnapping, he was found in this place on the morning of May 9th 1978 his body riddled with bullets. 
Born in Maglie on September 23rd 1916, full professor at the University of Rome, Political Secretary and later President of the Christian Democratic Party, several times president of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic. 
For over thirty years he was involved in the political activity of the country reborn to freedom and democracy. The unparalleled contribution of his clear intelligence, his moral rectitude, an exquisite sensitivity, and an ability to faithfully capture the firmly professed principles and needs of a rapidly changing society. 
His sacrifice coldly carried out with inhuman ferocity by those who tried without success to prevent the implementation of a courageous and far-sighted programme of benefit to all Italians, will remain as a warning and lesson to all citizens for a renewed commitment to national unity in justice, in peace and in social progress. 

The City Council of Rome placed this on the first anniversary of his death.'

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