What is Red Brigades?
The '''Red Brigades''' ('''Brigate Rosse''') were an armed [[left-wing]] [[group]] from [[Italy]]. It acted in the 1970s and 1980s. They killed the former [[Prime Minister]]. The Center for International Security and Cooperation said the BR was a terrorist group.<ref name=NPR>{{cite news|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/04/28/991544253/french-police-arrest-extremist-red-brigades-members-sought-by-italy|title=French Police Arrest Extremist Red Brigades Members Sought By Italy|author=Scott Neuman|accessdate=August 24, 2021|date=April 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Stan>{{cite web|url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/red-brigades|publisher=[[Stanford University]] [[Center for International Security and Cooperation]]|accessdate=August 24, 2021|title=Red Brigades}}</ref> ==Largest crimes== Here are some of the crimes done by the Red Brigades:<ref name=StanMA>{{cite web|url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/red-brigades#highlight_text_15300|publisher=[[Stanford University]] [[Center for International Security and Cooperation]]|accessdate=August 24, 2021|title=Major Attacks}}</ref> *Kidnapped Genoa Assistant State Attorney Mario Sossi in 1974 *Killed two people in the [[Italian Social Movement]], a [[right-wing]] organization, in 1974. *Shot newspaper editor [[Carlo Casalegno]] in 1977. He later died. *Kidnapped and killed [[Christian Democratic Party]] President and former Prime Minister of Italy [[Aldo Moro]], killing five of his guards, in 1978. *Kidnapped a chemical engineer in 1981. == 1974 arrest of BR founders == In September 1974, the leaders were caught. They were given 18 years in confinement. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1970 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1984 disestablishments in Europe]] [[Category:Terrorism]] [[Category:1970s establishments in Italy]] [[Category:1980s disestablishments in Italy]] {{politics-stub}}