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Uffizi Gallery Bomb / General Strike (1993)

A General Strike in Florence, Italy (May 27, 1993).

 

100,000 people protested in the historic Piazza Santa Croce the morning after the car bomb explosion.

 

5 people died and 20 people were injured in the explosion. 3 paintings were destroyed, 21 paintings + 3 sculptures damaged.

 

Photo from my old videotape footage (in pacific time).

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Uploaded on September 3, 2011
Taken on November 30, 2009