293:, Mario Cancello, were killed in a shoot out between the BR and the police, while his secretary suffered leg wounds. Cirillo was held captive by the BR for 89 days. While Cirillo's kidnapping drew worldwide headlines, many of the events during this time period remain a mystery to the present day. Cirillo was finally released on 25 July 1981, following a controversial ransom payment by the DC of 1.45 billion lire (the equivalent of 748,000 euros in 2017). The ransom proved contentious, as the DC had previously refused payment for the release of former prime minister
304:. When Moro was abducted by the BR in 1978, the DC-led government immediately took a hardline position: the "state must not bend" on terrorist demands. They refused to negotiate with the BR, while local DC members in Campania made every effort and even negotiated with criminals to release Cirillo, a relatively minor politician in comparison with Moro.
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newspaper: "It was a bluff. There was a period where I was harassed by journalists. Two Tuscan journalists stood out...I invented a story of a secret account to brush them off." In another interview in 2006, he also expressed frustration at the DC party, which had asked him to leave office soon after
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On 27 April 1981, Cirllo was kidnapped from his home in Torre del Greco by five members of the BR. During the kidnapping, Cirillo's police escort, Giovanni
Senanzi, and his
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that he had written a letter with his version of the kidnapping, to be released by his lawyer after his death. He later retracted the letter's existence, telling
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247:. He began his career at the
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