Cika wannan jumlar: Cossiga yana kan mulki a lokacin da aka yi zaben
sace da kuma kisan shugaban jam'iyyar Democrat Aldo Moro da kungiyar 'yan ta'adda ta Marxist-Leninist ta Red Brigades. A safiyar ranar 16 ga Maris, 1978, ranar da aka ce sabon majalisar ministocin da Giulio Andreotti ke jagoranta ya sami kuri'ar amincewa a majalisar dokokin Italiya, motar Moro, tsohon firaminista sannan shugaban DC, wasu gungun 'yan ta'addan Red Brigades sun kai hari a Via Fani a Rome. Da suka yi amfani da bindigogi na atomatik, 'yan ta'addan sun kashe masu tsaron Moro, (Carabinieri biyu a cikin motar Moro da' yan sanda uku a cikin motar da ke biye da ita) kuma sun sace shi.