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Benito Mussolini was killed on April 28, 1945 in Milan along with his mistress, Clara Petacci, and ministers and officials of the Italian Social Republic. They were caught by the Italian resistance movement on April 27th at Dongo while heading for Chiavenna to board a plane to escape to Switzerland. They were executed the next day at Giulino di Mezzegra. After their execution their bodies were displayed on the 29th of April in front of a gas station in Milan on the same spot where some anti-fascists had been executed by the government. Their bodies were hung from meat hooks to show to the population that Mussolini was dead and to dishearten any remaining fascists. Mussolini's corpse is the second from the left followed by Petacci's next to him on the right.