Italian Unabomber
Unknown terrorist (active 1994–2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Italian Unabomber (/ˈjuːnəbɒmər/) is the moniker referring to an unidentified terrorist who carried out a series of bombings in the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions of Italy between 1994 and 2006.
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Italian Unabomber | |
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Criminal status | At large |
Motive | Unknown |
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Span of crimes | 1994–2006 |
Killed | 0 |
Injured | 17+ |
The Italian Unabomber placed small booby-trapped objects in public spaces in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia which were designed to detonate when handled by a passerby and seriously injure but not kill the victim. The Italian Unabomber was named by the international press in reference to Ted Kaczynski, the American Neo-Luddite terrorist and mail bomber known as the "Unabomber",[1] but the Italian bomber made no political or economic demands. Over 30 explosive devices were attributed to the Italian Unabomber,[2] and resulted in numerous people receiving injuries including the removal of digits and limbs.
On August 28, 2006, Italian police raided the house of Elvo Zornitta, a 49-year-old engineer, who had been under surveillance for a year with assistance from the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation. In January 2009, after years of investigations, the case was dropped after the prosecutors asked for its dismissal due to lack of evidence.[3][4] Zornitta received €300,000 as compensation for his arrest and trial, which included false evidence.[5]
To this day, the Italian Unabomber remains unidentified. In October 2022, at the request of a journalist and a victim, the case was reopened by the local prosecutor's office thanks to the discovery of DNA and blood traces that once could not be analysed due to lack of suitable technologies.