News of a firefight with the Red Brigades The father was involved and died in hospital a few days later. Bruno D’Alphonso He learned by turning on the TV. It was June 5, 1975. “I was ten years old. My mother and sisters and I were having lunch. We were watching the news and we were panicking, it was a shock». He was also present at the court in Turin during the preliminary trial for the shooting at Cascina Spiotta, now 60, where his father, Carabinieri officer Giovanni d’Alphonso, died as well as Mara Cagol. , wife of Red Brigades founder Renato Curcio.
The events of the cassina spiota have indeed re-emerged in court, 49 years later, four former Red Brigade members were charged. “I am glad that the efforts made in recent years have re-evaluated this matter, which allows me to give dignity to my father’s memory,” said retired carabinieri Bruno D’Alphonso (his last rank was lieutenant). In December 2021 he filed a complaint with Turin’s DTA Requests reopening of case. Now he wants to join the civil party.
Dignity and justice for the father who was killed by the Red Army. That’s what Bruno D’Alphonso is asking, almost 50 years later, defended by lawyer Sergio Favretto. “In recent years, I went in search of the truth – he says – which has always been hidden because the most important elements were missing. Even today I don’t know who killed my father. I promised myself that I would do everything in my power to restore my father’s dignity. What kind of man is he? I remember him as a family loving personHe was always with us when he wasn’t working, especially since I was the only son in the family. He always took me with him.” When asked if Giovanni D’Alfonso would get justice, the son replied: “I really hope so, we are on the right track.”
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