Note from Aldo Moro kidnappers sells for €26,000 at controversial auction

Sale of historical document produced by the Red Brigades, who eventually killed the Italian statesman, criticised as in poor taste

A leaflet claiming responsibility for the 1978 kidnapping of the Italian statesman Aldo Moro by the ultra-left Red Brigades has been sold at auction, despite criticism the sale was in poor taste.

Rome's Bertolami auction house sold the historical document for 26,000 ($28,960) on Thursday, far surpassing its original estimate of 1,300-1,700.