Girolamo Minervini (

Molfetta Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. History The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are at ...

, 4 May 1919 –

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, 18 March 1980) was an Italian magistrate who was assassinated by the

Red Brigades The Red Brigades ( it, Brigate Rosse , often abbreviated BR) was a far-left Marxist–Leninist armed organization operating as a terrorist and guerrilla group based in Italy responsible for numerous violent incidents, including the abduction ...

(''Brigate Rosse''; BR), a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organisation that committed a number of atrocities and murders during the ''Anni di piombo'' ( Years of Lead).

Murder

Minervini was the victim of an attack by the Red Brigades in

, the day after taking up a new position as Director General of the Institutes of Prevention and Punishment at the Ministry of Justice. Two young ''Brigatisti'', Francesco Piccioni and Sandro Padula, found Minervini aboard a bus in Via Ruggero di Lauria, travelling on his way to work without an escort so as not to put other people's lives at risk. He was slain in front of dozens of fellow passengers (of whom only one has since provided testimony), while three others were injured.Luca Imperatore
'39 anni fa l’assassinio di Minervini, “generale” senza paura'
''gNews'', 18 March 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2022. Piccioni and Padula were identified as Minervini's killers during trial proceedings years later. Minervini was, in addition to his judicial duties, a legal advisor to

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, General Secretary of the National Center of Prevention and Social Defense, President of the Institute of Penitentiary Studies, member of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, Deputy Director General of the Prevention and Penal Institutes, and Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme Court of Cassation.

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"Girolamo Minervini, magistrato"
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