The World - News from Feb. 26, 1989
An Italian court convicted seven people, including five organized crime figures, in a 1984 train bombing that killed 16 Christmas travelers and wounded more than 200. A panel of judges in Florence acquitted two people after ruling there was insufficient evidence to tie them to the Dec. 23 bombing of an express train traveling between Florence and Bologna. Five of the defendants were sentenced to life in prison, including Giuseppe (Pippo) Calo, an alleged Sicilian Mafia crime figure. The other two received 25- and 28-year terms. The prosecution alleged that the defendants wanted to use the bombing to distract authorities investigating organized crime.
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