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Bomb Explodes Outside Investigative Journalist Sigfrido Ranucci's Home Near Rome

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Overview

  • The late-night blast in Pomezia around 10 p.m. destroyed two family vehicles and damaged the property, with no injuries reported.
  • Authorities say the device detonated shortly after Ranucci returned home, and his daughter had passed the spot roughly 30 minutes earlier.
  • Special police units and Rome’s Antimafia office have opened an investigation, with motive and perpetrators still unknown.
  • Ranucci, who has long lived under protection for his work on RAI 3’s Report, described the explosive as rudimentary.
  • Top officials condemned the attack, and the interior minister ordered maximum security measures for the journalist.