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Delfo Zorzi (now Roi Hagen) is an Italian-born Japanese citizen accused of terrorism in his country of origin.

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Delfo Zorzi/Roi Hagen was born in Arzignano, Italy, on July 3, 1947, joined neo-fascist organization Ordine Nuovo in 1966, later becoming head of the Mestre cell, where is family dealt in furs. Ordine Nuovo ( Italian for "New Order" complete name Centro Studi Ordine Nuovo, "New Order Scholarship Center" was an Italian Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Mestre' is a town in Veneto, northern Italy, a Frazione of the Comune of Venice.

In 1968 he moved to Naples to study Asian languages. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the He graduated with a thesis on Bushidō, a Japanese code of conduct and a way of life loosely analogous to the European concept of chivalry. Chivalric order Chivalry is a term related to the Medieval institution of Knighthood.

He came under investigation for the Piazza Fontana bombing after witnesses indicated him as the material executor of the crime, the man who built the explosive device and on December 12, 1969 left it at the offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura ("National Agrarian Bank") in Piazza Fontana, Milan, Italy

In 1974 he moved to Japan and in 1989 he took Japanese citizenship with his present name Roi Hagen. Piazza Fontana bombing (strage di Piazza Fontana identifies the massacre that was a result of a serious terrorist attack occurred on December 12 1969 when Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

Re-tried in absentia for the Piazza Fontana bombing, he was at first sentenced to life inprisonment, but was later acquitted in appeal for lack of evidence on March 12 2004. Piazza Fontana bombing (strage di Piazza Fontana identifies the massacre that was a result of a serious terrorist attack occurred on December 12 1969 when Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most In Criminal law, an acquittal is a verdict of not guilty, or some similar end of the proceeding that terminates it with prejudice without a verdict "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " On May 3 2005 the supreme Court of Cassation definitively acquitted Zorzi from the accusation. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In the meanwhile, Hagen has been investigated and sent to an higher court for the Piazza della Loggia in Brescia, a crime of which he is still accused of^[1]. The Piazza della Loggia bombing was a bombing that took place on the morning of May 28, 1974, in Brescia, Italy during a anti-fascist Brescia ( Lombard: Brèsa) is a city in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy.

Today Hagen lives in the Tokyo neighborhood of Aoyama and, because Japan does not extradite its citizens, can't be extradited to Italy. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. A successful businessman, he directs from Tokyo several import-export firms in Asia e in Europe.

In September 2005 an investigation^[2] by magazine L'Espresso accused Hagen of dealing in furs in Italy via a series of firms under an assumed name. L'espresso is a Italian weekly news magazine with national distribution Specifically, he is the alleged owner of the shop Oxus in Milano's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, built on land belonging to the city, of another shop of the same chain in Rome's Piazza Fiume^[3], and of other Oxus businesses in Conegliano Veneto and Pordenone^[4]. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Pordenone ( Friulian: Pordenon) is a Comune of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia

He intervened via telephone in a television program ("Porta a Porta" hosted by Bruno Vespa). The conversation was partly re-broadcast during the television program Blu notte, conducted by Carlo Lucarelli in an episode dedicated to the Strage di Piazza Fontana) bombing, during which he was again interviewed via telephone. Carlo Lucarelli ( Parma, 26 October 1960- is an Italian crime-writer TV presenter and magazine editor Piazza Fontana bombing (strage di Piazza Fontana identifies the massacre that was a result of a serious terrorist attack occurred on December 12 1969 when

Italy claims Hagen's Japanese citizenship may have been obtained illegally, since at the time he hadn't given up his Italian passport^[5]. Legal proceedings to strip him of his Japanese citizenship to allow extradition do non seem to be proceeding well, however, and his extradition to Italy is unlikely^[6].

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