Convicted last week of "terroristic manifestations" and conspiracy to assassinate Signore Benito Mussolini, four Jugoslavian youths were led out at dawn onto the broad parade ground at Trieste.
Strapped to four chairs the condemned were set up with their backs to a firing squad which proceeded to aim at the bases of their spines. Present were General Guido Cristini, President of the Facist Supreme Special Tribunal for the Defense of the State, and his fellow judges. This was their third execution, the Death sentence having been revived in Italy for crimes against the...
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