Franco (Francesco) Serantini (July 16, 1951 – May 7, 1972) was an

Italian anarchist Italian anarchism as a movement began primarily from the influence of Mikhail Bakunin, Giuseppe Fanelli, and Errico Malatesta. Rooted in collectivist anarchism, it expanded to include illegalist individualist anarchism, mutualism, anarcho- ...

Biography

He was born in

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and spent his childhood in a foster family and in institutions, sometimes under a semi-free regime. After graduating from the

Fibonacci Fibonacci (; also , ; – ), also known as Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo of Pisa, or Leonardo Bigollo Pisano ('Leonardo the Traveller from Pisa'), was an Italian mathematician from the Republic of Pisa, considered to be "the most talented Wester ...

state school, he started developing leftist political ideas.and eventually ended in the Pisa-based anarchist group "Giuseppe Pinelli". He was active in various initiatives of the

anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...

and anti-fascist movement. On May 5, 1972, he took part in an anti-fascist demonstration which was attacked by the police and, among others, he was heavily beaten and arrested. During his interrogation he showed signs of unease which the police officers along with the judges and doctors did not consider serious. On May 7, he was found in a state of

coma A coma is a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. Coma patients exhi ...

in his cell and a little later he died in the prison's emergency room.

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* * 1951 births 1972 deaths Deaths related to the Years of Lead (Italy) History of Pisa Italian anarchists Italian people who died in prison custody People from Cagliari Prisoners who died in Italian detention {{Anarchist-stub