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Night of Fire

1961 terrorist incident in Italy
Event terrorist_attack Q1409619
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Summary

Night of Fire is a terrorist attack[1]. It draws 1,138 Wikipedia views per month (terrorist attack category, ranking #91 of 326).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Trentino-South Tyrol[3]
  • Country: Italy[4]
  • Location: Bolzano[5], Selva Dei Molini/Muehlwald[6]
  • Commons category: Feuernacht[7]
  • Target: industry in Italy[8]
  • Start time: June 11, 1961[9]
  • End time: June 12, 1961[10]
  • Point in time: June 1961[11]
  • Has cause: Rechtliche Stellung der deutschen Sprache in Südtirol[12], South Tyrolean independence movement[13], Italianization[14]
  • Number of deaths: 1[15]
  • Number of participants: 91[16]
  • Perpetrator: South Tyrolean Liberation Committee[17]

Why It Matters

Night of Fire has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Italy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . news.provincia.bz.it. Retrieved . news.provincia.bz.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9h ago · Giaccai · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Country: Italy"
  2. 10h ago · Giaccai · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → —
    Country → Italy
    End time → +1961-06-12T00:00:00Z
    Has cause → Rechtliche Stellung der deutschen Sprache in Südtirol, South Tyrolean independence movement, Italianization
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Point in time: June 1961"
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