Parts of a car are seen on the ground as Carabinieri officers stand outside the home of investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci, after an explosive device detonated under his car, in Pomezia, Italy, on Friday, October 17, 2025. CECILIA FABIANO / AP
An explosive device detonated under the vehicle of a prominent Italian journalist overnight, as it was parked outside his home, without causing casualties, his investigative television news show announced on Friday, October 17. Sigfrido Ranucci's car blew up in an explosion in Pomezia, near Rome, that also damaged his family's other car and the house next door, according to Report, which broadcasts on RAI public television.
"The force of the explosion was so strong that it could have killed anyone passing by at the moment," the show said, in a statement on X. Police, firefighters, forensic crews were investigating, Report added.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her solidarity with Ranucci, the lead anchor of Report, and condemned what she called a "serious act of intimidation he has suffered." "The freedom and independence of information are non-negotiable values of our democracies, which we will continue to defend," she wrote on X.
