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Abbate angered [[the Mafia]] with a book published in 2007 with colleague [[Peter Gomez]] called ''I Complici'' ("The Accomplices") about links between politicians and Bernardo Provenzano. When over police wiretaps heard mafiosi were heard discussing how to silence Abbate in revenge for his news reports and book, police decided to give him and his wife a police escort.<ref name=reu231007>[https://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL1249827220071023 Living on the Mafia hit list - a journalist's tale], Reuters, October 23, 2007</ref> |
Abbate angered [[the Mafia]] with a book published in 2007 with colleague [[Peter Gomez]] called ''I Complici'' ("The Accomplices") about links between politicians and Bernardo Provenzano. When over police wiretaps heard mafiosi were heard discussing how to silence Abbate in revenge for his news reports and book, police decided to give him and his wife a police escort.<ref name=reu231007>[https://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL1249827220071023 Living on the Mafia hit list - a journalist's tale], Reuters, October 23, 2007</ref> |
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On the night of September 2, 2007, his police bodyguards surprised two men placing a home-made bomb under his car. This murder attempt came a few days after he had returned to Palermo and after several months of threats following the publication of his book.<ref name=rwb>[http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/rapport_UE_en_bd.pdf European Union: Risks faced by journalists], Reporters Without Borders, May 2008</ref><ref name=sta060907>{{it icon}} [http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/cronache/200709articoli/25489girata.asp Lirio Abbate minacciato dalla mafia], La Stampa, September 6, 2007</ref><ref name=rep050907>{{it icon}} [http://www.repubblica.it/2007/09/sezioni/cronaca/mafia-storia-cronista/mafia-storia-cronista/mafia-storia-cronista.html Vita sotto assedio di un cronista a Palermo], La Repubblica, September 5, 2007</ref> |
On the night of September 2, 2007, his police bodyguards surprised two men placing a home-made bomb under his car. This murder attempt came a few days after he had returned to Palermo and after several months of threats following the publication of his book.<ref name=rwb>[http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/rapport_UE_en_bd.pdf European Union: Risks faced by journalists]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Reporters Without Borders, May 2008</ref><ref name=sta060907>{{it icon}} [http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/cronache/200709articoli/25489girata.asp Lirio Abbate minacciato dalla mafia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516090027/http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/cronache/200709articoli/25489girata.asp |date=2008-05-16 }}, La Stampa, September 6, 2007</ref><ref name=rep050907>{{it icon}} [http://www.repubblica.it/2007/09/sezioni/cronaca/mafia-storia-cronista/mafia-storia-cronista/mafia-storia-cronista.html Vita sotto assedio di un cronista a Palermo], La Repubblica, September 5, 2007</ref> |
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Mafia boss [[Leoluca Bagarella]] threatened him publicly during a trial in October 2007. “I have been more worried since this case,” said Abbate. “Bagarella sent a message to his accomplices giving my name in open court. He has been in prison since 1995 and since I work for a news agency, my articles are not by-lined. How did he know that it was me who had written any particular article?”<ref name=rwb/> |
Mafia boss [[Leoluca Bagarella]] threatened him publicly during a trial in October 2007. “I have been more worried since this case,” said Abbate. “Bagarella sent a message to his accomplices giving my name in open court. He has been in prison since 1995 and since I work for a news agency, my articles are not by-lined. How did he know that it was me who had written any particular article?”<ref name=rwb/> |
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Revision as of 01:25, 24 December 2017
Lirio Abbate | |
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 Abbate at the International Journalism Festival, 2011 | |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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Lirio Abbate (born on 26 February 1971 in
newspaper.He was born in Castelbuono in the province of Palermo and started his journalistic career in 1990 at the Giornale di Sicilia until 1997 when he moved to ANSA. In 1998 he also started to work for La Stampa. In 2003 he was elected journalist of the year by Unione Nazionale Cronisti (Unci). He reported on the Mafia and clandestine immigration on the Sicilian coast. He was the only journalist present at the arrest in April 2006 of the "boss of bosses" of Cosa Nostra, Bernardo Provenzano, who was jailed after 43 years on the run.[1]
Abbate angered
On the night of September 2, 2007, his police bodyguards surprised two men placing a home-made bomb under his car. This murder attempt came a few days after he had returned to Palermo and after several months of threats following the publication of his book.[3][4][5]
Mafia boss Leoluca Bagarella threatened him publicly during a trial in October 2007. “I have been more worried since this case,” said Abbate. “Bagarella sent a message to his accomplices giving my name in open court. He has been in prison since 1995 and since I work for a news agency, my articles are not by-lined. How did he know that it was me who had written any particular article?”[3]
Despite the threats and police escort Abbate has not left Palermo. "If I left after they put a bomb under my car, I would be setting a bad example to other Sicilians," he said. "This way I am showing that I am not afraid, that the state is protecting me, and that I will carry on."[2] In 2009, however, Abbate left Palermo to work in Rome.
Bibliography
- Template:It icon Nostra mafia dei monti - dal processo alle cosche delle Madonie al caso Contrada, Spoleto: Dharba Editore 1993
- Template:It icon La storia del giro podistico di Castelbuono - La corsa su strada più antica d'Italia, Palermo: Promos Editore, 1994
- Template:It icon La mafia che ho conosciuto, Edizioni Espero 1996
- ISBN 978-88-8112-786-3
References
- ^ Template:It icon Biography on Fazi editore Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Living on the Mafia hit list - a journalist's tale, Reuters, October 23, 2007
- ^ a b European Union: Risks faced by journalists[permanent dead link], Reporters Without Borders, May 2008
- ^ Template:It icon Lirio Abbate minacciato dalla mafia Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, La Stampa, September 6, 2007
- ^ Template:It icon Vita sotto assedio di un cronista a Palermo, La Repubblica, September 5, 2007
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