Explosive Device Targets Italian Journalist Sigfrido Ranucci

Rome, Oct 17 (AP) An explosive device detonated under the vehicle of Sigfrido Ranucci, a prominent Italian investigative journalist. The incident, which occurred outside his home, received widespread condemnation, including from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

According to the investigative series Report on Italy's state-run RAI3, the powerful explosion took place overnight in Pomezia, south of Rome. The blast destroyed Ranucci’s car, inflicted damage on a second family vehicle, and also harmed the nearby house’s structure. The force was so strong it posed a lethal threat to anyone nearby at the time.

Local authorities, including police, firefighters, and forensic units, have launched a thorough investigation into the incident, as per Report claims.

Prime Minister Meloni expressed her solidarity with Ranucci, the chief anchor of Report, and condemned the act as an "intentional intimidation effort". "Freedom and independence of information are essential values of our democracies, which we will continue to defend," she emphasized in a statement.

Report remains one of the few investigative programs on Italian television that frequently uncovers significant news involving key figures in Italian politics, business, and public life. Just this week, Ranucci was exonerated in the latest defamation lawsuit resulting from one of Report's stories.

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