Word: bellolampo
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...kidnapings, Giuliano made a direct attack against the carabinieri in the dusty little hamlet of Bellolampo (Beautiful Lightning), only 20 minutes from Palermo. Luring the carabinieri out of their barracks, the bandits set off amine, blew up a truckload of 25. Seven died. When police officials rushed to the scene from Palermo, Giuliano's men tossed a grenade at the officials' car, swapped shots with them in a 15-minute fight...
...Bellolampo raid caused shrieks of rage in the Italian press. Communist papers featured a Tass dispatch calling Giuliano the tool of imperialistic foreign elements who wished to make the island a base for military operations. Minister of Interior Mario Scelba flew to Palermo and cleaned out the whole Montelepre police command. Himself a Sicilian, Scelba began a wholesale transfer from Montelepre of native Sicilians...
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