Caltavuturo massacre
| Caltavuturo massacre | |
|---|---|
Popular depiction of the crackdown on the Fasci Siciliani mentioning the massacre in Caltavuturo | |
| Location | Caltavuturo in the Province of Palermo, Sicily |
| Date | January 20, 1893 |
| Target | Landless peasants occupying communal land during the Fasci Siciliani. |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 13 killed: Giovanni Ariano (28), Giuseppe Bonanno (28), Pasquale Cirrito (17), Calogero Di Stefano (22), Liborio Frisa (38), Vincenzo Guarnieri (18), Mariano Guggino (45), Nicolò Iannè (60), Francesco Inglese (68), Giuseppe Modaro (34), Giuseppe Renna (30); 21 wounded |
| Perpetrators | Royal Italian Army and Carabinieri |
| Motive | Prevent the peasants to take hold of the land |
The Caltavuturo massacre took place on January 20, 1893, in Caltavuturo in the Province of Palermo (Sicily), when during the celebration of Saint Sebastian, some 500 peasants returning from the symbolic occupation of 250 hectares of communal land were dispersed by soldiers and policemen, killing 13 and wounding 21 peasants. The claim for land reform was one of the demands of the Fasci Siciliani (Sicilian Leagues), a popular movement of democratic and socialist inspiration in 1891–1894.