Alfredo Cospito is an Italian anarchist. In his twenties, he refused conscription to military service and was convicted of desertion, then pardoned after going on hunger strike for one month. In 2012, he was sentenced to 10 years for kneecapping the head of the Italian nuclear power company Ansaldo Nucleare.
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On a beautiful May morning, I took action, and in those few hours, I lived life to the full.
[...] my firm belief that a revolution (a grand-sounding word) can only be carried out by those who have the devil in them.
*From the statement to the trial: the shooting of Ansaldo Nucleare executive Roberto Adinolfi; Adinolfi: Confermate condanne ad Alfredo
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Alfredo Cospito is an Italian anarchist. In his twenties, he refused conscription to military service and was convicted of desertion, then pardoned after going on hunger strike for one month. In 2012, he was sentenced to 10 years for kneecapping the head of the Italian nuclear power company Ansaldo Nucleare. Whilst imprisoned, he was convicted of the 2006 bombing of a Carabinieri barracks in which nobody was harmed. The Supreme Court of Cassation later increased the sentence to life imprisonment without parole.
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