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Three Carabinieri Killed in Verona Eviction After Intentional Gas Explosion

Prosecutors in Verona are weighing a ‘strage’ charge after evidence indicates the farmhouse was rigged as a gas trap.

Overview

  • Authorities detained three siblings in their 60s — identified by local media as Dino, Franco and Maria Luisa Ramponi — with two held at the scene and the third apprehended nearby.
  • Verona chief prosecutor Raffaele Tito said premeditated murder charges are certain and that investigators are evaluating a possible massacre count.
  • Investigators report the two‑storey building was saturated with gas and exploded when officers opened the front door, with multiple cylinders and Molotov-style bottles recovered.
  • The fallen officers were identified as Luogotenente Marco Piffari, Carabiniere Scelto Davide Bernardello and Brigadiere Capo Valerio Daprà, while the injury toll has risen to about 25 first responders.
  • The Italian government decreed a national day of mourning, and the Veneto region declared three days of mourning with an additional day planned for the funerals.