Word: montanelli
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forward for jury duty. Some 1,500 carabinieri with attack dogs and armored cars surrounded the courthouse and guarded every participant. Everyone entering the courtroom, even magistrates, had to undergo five separate security checks. "It would have been a disaster if this trial too had been postponed," said Indro Montanelli, Italy's leading conservative newspaper editor, who was shot four times in the legs by Red Brigades gunmen earlier this month. "Curcio's challenge has to be met even if we must be ready to shed blood...