Who assassinated Benito Mussolini?

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The generally accepted version of events is that Mussolini was shot by Walter Audisio, a communist partisan.

How did Mussolini’s life end?

The following day, Mussolini and Petacci were removed from the house and driven to the small village of Giulino di Mezzegra on the shores of Lake Como. They were ordered to stand in front of a stone wall at the entrance to Villa Belmonte where both were executed by machine gun fire.

Who Shot Mussolini in the nose?

aristocrat Violet Gibson
On 7 April 1926 an Irish woman, 49-year-old aristocrat Violet Gibson, stepped out from a crowd in Rome and fired a shot at one of the 20th century’s most infamous dictators. One bullet grazed the nose of Benito Mussolini.

When did Violet shot Mussolini?

April 1926
Violet Gibson, a woman raised on Merrion Square in Dublin, attempted to assassinate the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini in April 1926.

Was Mussolini married?

Rachele MussoliniBenito Mussolini / Spouse (m. 1915–1945)

What age was Violet Gibson when she shot Mussolini?

In 1926, 49-year-old Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, a debutant at the Court of Queen Victoria, shot Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range in front of an adoring crowd in CampidoglIo Rome.

Where is Violet Gibson buried?

Kingsthorpe Cemetery, Northampton, United KingdomViolet Gibson / Place of burial

She spent the rest of her life in a psychiatric hospital, St Andrew’s Hospital in Northampton, despite repeated pleas for her release. She died on 2 May 1956 and was buried in Kingsthorpe Cemetery, Northampton.

What happened to Mussolini’s widow?

Rachele Mussolini, the widow of Benito Mussolini, the facist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943, died Tuesday at her home in Predappio, Italy, following a heart attack. She was 87.