Mario Amato
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Mario Amato (1938, - Rome, 23 June 1980) was an Italian magistrate, assassinated in 1980 by NAR (Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari) members Gilberto Cavallini and Luigi Ciavardini [1].
After the assassination of the judge Vittorio Occorsio, charged of investigations on the radical right in Italy, the Attorney general Giovanni de Matteo charged Mario Amato with resuming Occorsio's investigations. Despite the dangers inherent to his investigations, Amato was denied by the state the use of an armored car.
At the news of Amato's death, the neo-fascists Valerio Fioravanti and Francesca Mambro celebrated the event, according to their own judicial declarations, eatings oysters and drinking champagne. Valerio Fioravanti and his wife Francesca Mambro, both NAR members, received life sentences in 1995 for the 1980 Bologna train-station bombing, while Luigi Ciavardini was condemned in 2007 to a 30-years prison term for his responsibility in the same 1980 bombing.
