Antonio Annarumma (10 January 1947,Monteforte Irpino, Campania – 19 November 1969,Milan) was an Italianpoliceman who was killed at the age of 22 while serving during a demonstration organized by theItalian (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Party and fromthe Student Movement. He is sometimes considered to be the first victim of theYears of Lead, a period of social and political upheaval in Italy.
The demonstration passed in front of theTeatro Lirico, Milan, where a union rally was held byCISL with speakerBruno Storti. During attacks on the police, Annarumma was hit by an iron tube, according to the court inquiry. After he was struck, the vehicle he was driving hit anotherpolice officer.[1]Students believed it was the accident which killed him, but this claim was repudiated by the medical examination.[2]