Simone Pianetti was an Italian anarchic and mass murderer.
Pianetti was born in Camerata Cornello

Camerata Cornello

Camerata Cornello is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km north of Bergamo....

, Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

. At a young age, he unsuccessfully attempted to kill his father over a legacy question. For unknown reasons he was not charged and in an agreement with the local chief of the Carabinieri

Carabinieri

The Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations, and is a branch of the armed forces.-Early history:...

, he left Italy and went to the United States of America. After some years in the US he returned to Italy with a ticket paid for by his father.

Back in his village, he married a woman named Carlotta who gave birth to nine children.

Pianetti opened a small restaurant where customers were also allowed to dance. Because the local pastor and other church people did not agree with dancing in Pianetti's restaurant, the municipality forced him to close it. He subsequently opened an electric powered mill which was also unsuccessful.

Pianetti was the only person in the village who did not attend church on Sundays. He had grown to think that everyone in Camerata Cornello hated him, which supposedly led him to his killing spree.

The killings

On the morning of 13 July 1914, Pianetti used his rifle to shoot and kill 7 people:

• Domenico Morali, doctor
• Abramo Giudici, the manager of the municipality
• Valeria, daughter
• Giovanni Ghilardi, shoemaker
• Stefano Filippi, shepherd
• Giovanni Giupponi, a layman.
• Caterina Milesi, a farmer

Soon after the killings, Pianetti left the village and reached Monte Cancervo, where he lived for some days, despite a search by 200 people from the Carabinieri, the Polizia di Stato

Polizia di Stato

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 and a company

Company

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 of the 78th infantry

Infantry

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 regiment. Pianetti fired at some Carabinieri to escape into the mountains near the villages of Olmo al Brembo

Olmo al Brembo

Olmo al Brembo is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 45 km north of Bergamo...

 and Cassiglio

Cassiglio

Cassiglio is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 30 km north of Bergamo...

. He was never arrested and his body was never found.

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