Overview
- Two explosions around 22:00 in Campo Ascolano destroyed Ranucci’s car, damaged his daughter’s vehicle and his home, and caused no injuries.
- The Rome prosecutor’s office responsible for mafia cases opened an investigation, with Carabinieri and DIGOS securing the scene.
- Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi directed that security for the RAI journalist be raised to the maximum level, expanding measures already in place since 2014.
- No group has claimed responsibility and the motive remains unconfirmed, though mafia involvement is being treated as a working hypothesis.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the attack as an attempt to intimidate the press, and Reporters Without Borders called it the most serious assault on an Italian reporter in years.