Anna Laura Braghetti

Anna Laura Braghetti (3 August 1953 – 6 November 2025) was an Italian political militant who was a member of the Red Brigades.

Biography

Braghetti was born on 3 August 1953 in Rome. She was a member of the Rome Red Brigades, and rented the apartment in Via Montalcini, which is believed to have been used for the imprisonment of kidnapped former Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978, prior to his murder.[1]

Following the murder of Moro, Braghetti increased her involvement with the Red Brigades.[2] On 3 May 1979, during a raid in Piazza Nicosia in Rome, at the headquarters of the Christian Democrats, she opened fire together with Francesco Piccioni against the State Police, resulting in the deaths of two officers.[3]

On 12 February 1980, together with Bruno Seghetti, Braghetti participated in the murder of the vice president of the High Council of the Judiciary, Vittorio Bachelet.[4] She was arrested on 27 May and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1981, she married Prospero Gallinari, from whom she later separated. She did not benefit from any reduction in sentence and was given a conditional release in 2002.

While imprisoned Braghetti wrote a book, Il prigioniero (1988), about her time with the Red Brigades and the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro. The book was freely adapted into the film Good Morning, Night (2003) by director Marco Bellocchio.[5]

Braghetti died in Rome on 6 November 2025, following a long illness, at the age of 72.[6]

References

  1. ^ "The Complex Legacy of Anna Laura Braghetti". www.ilmessaggero.it. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  2. ^ Drake, Richard (1995). The Aldo Moro Murder Case. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01481-7.
  3. ^ Eager, Paige Whaley (15 April 2016). From Freedom Fighters to Terrorists: Women and Political Violence. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-13228-8.
  4. ^ "' IL COMPAGNO ALTOBELLI? DI LUI NON DIRO' NIENTE' - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 19 November 1993. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  5. ^ Marra, Wanda. "Il sequestro Moro: scavo psicologico e risvolti "affettivi"". RaiLibro. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  6. ^ "È morta Anna Laura Braghetti, l'ex brigatista che partecipò al sequestro Moro". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 6 November 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
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