Simone Pianetti (born 1858) was an Italian anarchist and mass murderer. SimonePianetti

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. At a young age, he unsuccessfully attempted to kill his father over a legacy question. For unknown reasons he was not charged and in an agreement with the local chief of the

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, he left Italy and went to the United States of America. After some years in the US he returned to Italy with a ticket paid for by his father. Back in his village, he married a woman named Carlotta who gave birth to seven children. Pianetti opened a small restaurant where customers were also allowed to dance. Because the local parish priest and other church people did not agree with dancing in Pianetti's restaurant, the municipality forced him to close it. He subsequently opened an electric-powered mill which was also unsuccessful. Pianetti was the only person in the village who did not attend church on Sundays. He had grown to think that everyone in Camerata Cornello hated him, which supposedly led him to his killing spree.

The killings

On the morning of 13 July 1914, Pianetti used his

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to shoot and kill 7 people: *Domenico Morali, doctor *Abramo Giudici, the manager of the municipality *Valeria Giudici, daughter of the previous *Giovanni Ghilardi, shoemaker *Stefano Filippi, priest *Giovanni Giupponi, a layman. *Caterina Milesi, a farmer Soon after the killings, Pianetti left the village and reached Monte Cancervo, where he lived for some days, despite a search by 200 people from the Carabinieri, the

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and a

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of the 78th

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regiment. Pianetti fired at some Carabinieri to escape into the mountains near the villages of

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and

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. He was never arrested and his body was never found. Pianetti's image enjoyed a positive response among Italian and American anarchists, for his actions against the religious establishment and the bigotry of many, especially those in position of preeminence in the society of the time.Simone Pianetti (1858 - ?)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pianetti, Simone 1858 births 1910s mass shootings in Europe 20th-century deaths Italian anarchists Italian assassins Italian mass murderers Italian spree killers Mass shootings in Italy People from the Province of Bergamo Year of death missing