Overview

• Giovanni Zippo, 40-year-old security guard, was interrogated at Torino’s CTO hospital on charges of voluntary homicide with eventual intent and intentional building collapse.
• During the session he admitted “Yes, it was me, I’m ashamed,” confirming he used flammable liquids to trigger the June 30 explosion in via Nizza.
• The blast caused the death of 33-year-old resident Jacopo Peretti and injured five other occupants when debris and structural elements collapsed.
• Prosecutors have formally seized the site and advanced disastro doloso and homicide charges against Zippo following his confession.
• Forensic expert Marco Sartini has been appointed to clarify technical ambiguities around the ignition method and the building’s structural failure.