Violet Gibson - The Irish woman who shot Benito Mussolini
By Michael Sheils McNamee
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image captionA bullet fired by Violet Gibson grazed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini s nose in April 1926
On 7 April 1926 an Irish woman stepped out from a crowd in Rome and fired a shot at one of the 20th century s most infamous dictators.
One bullet grazed the nose of Benito Mussolini, but the Italian leader survived the assassination attempt.
Among the many acts of individual bravery against fascism in Europe in the 20th century, Violet Gibson s has been largely lost to history.
Of the four people who attempted to assassinate Il Duce, she came closest.
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