Overview

• Prosecutor Raffaele Tito has advanced the hypothesis of mass‑killing charges against the three Ramponi siblings, with questioning set before a judge this afternoon.
• Autopsies will be conducted tomorrow after being formally ordered today, clearing the way for State funerals at the Basilica of Santa Giustina in Padua and a viewing at the Carabinieri’s Veneto command.
• The overnight explosion during a coordinated search at the Castel d’Azzano farmhouse killed Marco Piffari, Davide Bernardello and Valerio Daprà, and injured about 27 others.
• Investigators report the house was saturated with gas and that an incendiary device triggered the blast after drones had recently spotted suspected Molotov bottles on the roof, with additional offenses under review including explosives possession, building collapse and grievous injuries.
• Firefighters continue safety operations at the site, Veneto has declared regional mourning, Castel d’Azzano has decreed six days of civic mourning, and a candlelight vigil is scheduled in the town tomorrow at 6 p.m.