Murder of Giacomo Matteotti

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The murder of Giacomo Matteotti was the kidnapping and killing of Italian socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti by a group of Fascists led by Amerigo Dumini on 10 June 1924. Matteotti, secretary of the Unitary Socialist Party (PSU) and one of the most prominent parliamentary opponents of Benito Mussolini's government, was abducted in Rome ten days after delivering a speech in the Chamber of Deputies denouncing violence and intimidation during the 1924 Italian general election. His body was discovered on 16 August at the Quartarella, near Riano, north of Rome. The investigation rapidly identified members of the group responsible for the abduction. Magistrates Mauro Del Giudice and Umberto Tancredi subsequently investigated their relationship with a clandestine Fascist organization commonly known as the Ceka. The inquiry traced connections from Dumini's group to senior Fascist officials including Giovanni Marinelli and Cesare Rossi and investigated the organization's relationship with the...

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