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1973
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First Attack

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How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70

Mapping Militants Project. “Black Order.” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/350/

Profile Contents

Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

Maps

Mapping relationships with other militant groups over time in regional maps

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 1973
Disbanded: 
January 1, 1978

Black Order was a right-wing militant group that absorbed many of the members of the major fascist militant groups that were banned in the mid-1970s. It may also have absorbed smaller right-wing militant groups such as La Fenice and Mussolini Action Squads. Like its predecessors, Black Order sought either to stage a fascist coup or provoke one through a so-called "strategy of tension," in which terrorism could prompt harsh state repression. Black Order claimed two high-casualty bombings in 1974, the first at a rally in Brescia and the second on a train, which killed four and twelve people respectively.

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