The Italian journalist and presenter of the investigative program Report, Siegfried Ranucci, This Friday he denounced the explosion of their cars this morning in front of his house near Rome, a “intimidating” act condemned by the Government of Giorgia Meloni.
The explosion was allegedly caused by a device placed under your vehicle while he was parked in front of his house in the town of Pomezia, near the Italian capital. Ranucci has been under police protection since 2014 after receiving death threats from the mafia.
Although the explosion has not caused any injurieshis car and that of his daughter, parked next to it, have been seriously damaged.
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An explosive device detonated last night near the home of Italian journalist Sigfrido Ranucci, one of the most prominent investigators of mafia cases — no injuries were reported.
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“They believe that it is a rudimentary artifact but that could have killed anyone passing by the area at that time,” explained the journalist, who presents the popular investigative program Report on public television.
At the moment the motive or authorship of the events is unknown, but the journalist has revealed that in the past He had already received threatening “messages”, like when last year he found several bullets at the door of his house.
Both the Government and the country’s various political figures have condemned these events, describing them as a threat to freedom of the press and expression.
The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, issued a statement to express its “total solidarity” with the journalist and condemn this “serious act of intimidation.”
“Freedom and independence of information are inalienable values of our democracies that we will continue to defend,” he proclaimed.
For their part, several ministers sent their messages of indignation, such as that of Justice, Carlos Nordiothe Defense, Guido Crosettoor the Foreign Office, Antonio Tajani, who assured that “There is no reason to justify this violence.”
Also popular figures in journalism and culture, such as the journalist and writer Roberto Savianounder protection for his books against the mafia, condemned these events: “When it is decided that a journalist can become a target, it means that someone wants to establish that certain topics should not be touched upon,” he wrote on his Instagram.
The case is being investigated by the police’s special operations division and by Anti-Mafia prosecutors in Rome, who are considering the case. crime of aggravated damage by mafia method, according to the Italian media.
In the classification of the Freedom of the Press from Reporters Without Borders, in 2025 Italy has fallen to 49th place in the table, three places compared to the previous yearranking as the worst country for the practice of journalism in Western Europe.