Train 904 bombing
1984 CE.
Shown on the map at 44.139°, 11.173°.
The Train 904 bombing (Italian: Strage del Rapido 904), also referred to in Italy as the Christmas Massacre (Italian: Strage di Natale), was a terrorist attack by the Sicilian Mafia which occurred on 23 December 1984 in the Apennine Base Tunnel. A bomb detonated on the express train Rapido 904 from Naples to Milan, killing 16 and wounding 266. The bombing occurred near the site of the Italicus Express bombing ten years previously. The motive behind the bombing was to distract Italian security forces from further investigating the Sicilian Mafia after the testimony of the Mafia turncoat Tommaso Buscetta to prosecutor Giovanni Falcone had led to a series of arrest warrants in September 1984 that subsequently would lead to the Maxi Trial against 475 Mafia defendants. Mafia boss Giuseppe Calò, also known as "Pippo", was convicted for ordering and organising the attack in February 1989. In April 2011 capo dei capi Salvatore Riina was indicted for ordering the bombing.
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