Death threat ‘not work of anarchist group’
The message “Death to Orsi” and a five-pointed star, a Red Brigades symbol, was discovered this week written on the wall of an office at one of the state-owned conglomerate’s units, Ansaldo Energia, in Genoa.
Roberto Adinolfi, chief executive of Finmeccanica unit Ansaldo Nucleare, was shot in the leg on 7 May. An anarchist group called Informal Anarchist Federation claimed responsibility for the attack, and said it would strike again.
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Hide AdA Finmeccanica source said that following initial checks, investigators believed the pencil-written message at Ansaldo Energia “cannot be in any way linked to subversive circles but is an action of a mythomaniac”.
Italy is facing a resurgence of politically inspired violence driven by its economic crisis.
Security is to be reinforced at 14,000 locations, including offices of Finmeccanica.