Rudimentary but powerful device planted outside home of Report presenter Sigfrido Ranucci in Campo Ascolano
Rudimentary but powerful device planted outside home of Report presenter Sigfrido Ranucci in Campo Ascolano
A prominent Italian investigative journalist has been targeted in a bomb attack, with the rudimentary but powerful device almost destroying his car and causing damage to a neighbour’s home.
Sigfrido Ranucci, who hosts Report, an investigative programme aired by the state broadcaster, Rai, said the explosion happened about 20 minutes after he returned to his home in Campo Ascolano, close to Rome, on Thursday night.
The explosion also partially destroyed a car belonging to Ranucci’s daughter. Nobody was injured in the attack and an investigation has been opened by anti-mafia police in Rome.
The bomb, possibly made from fireworks, was planted between two vases outside Ranucci’s home, according to reports in the Italian press on Friday morning, citing police sources. The device was not detonated remotely, the reports said, and had possibly been left with a lit fuse.
Ranucci, who for years has been under police protection owing to threats made against him, told reporters he heard “a tremendous bang”, adding that the blast was so powerful it could have killed a passerby.
