biography
| name: |
Giuliano, Salvatore
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pronunciation:
[jiooliahnoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1922–58)
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| biography:
| Bandit, born in Montelepre, Sicily, S Italy. He was responsible for a series of Mafia-linked robberies and murders in W Sicily. On the run since 1943, he was appointed leader of the ‘volunteer forces fighting for Sicily's independence’ by the independence movement's reactionary wing. On 1 May 1947 he attacked a group of peasants who were celebrating Workers' Day at Portella delle Ginestre, leaving 11 dead and 33 wounded. He was ambushed and murdered by, according to rumour, his cousin Gaspare Pisciotta who was, in turn, murdered while in jail. |
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