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RITA ATRIA
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RITA ATRIA
Rita Atria (Partanna, September 4, 1974 − Rome, July 26, 1992)
Rita Atria today
Family background
After her death, her mother destroyed her tombstone
In 1985, she lost her father Vito
In June 1991, the Mafia killed Nicolò Atria.
Suicide
Rita is not a Mafia penitent, but she's a witness for justice.
On July 19, 1992, a Mafia bomb killed Borsellino
Rita’s story was the subject of a 1997 documentary, One Girl Against the Mafia: Diary of a Sicilian Rebel
"You have died for what you believed in, but without you, I too am dead."
"I am devastated by the killing of Judge Borsellino. Now there's no one to protect me, I'm scared and I can't take it any more."
MODERN HEROES:RITA ATRIA
Anti-mafia testimony
The first person to receive her testimony was the magistrate Paolo Borsellino
Her mother threw Rita out of the house and she was relocated to a safe house in Rome.
Her evidence launched also an enquiry into the politician Vincenzo Culicchia