Businessman suspected of being behind bomb attack on Rai journalist Ranucci

Prosecutors have put businessman and

former journalist Valter Lavitola under investigation for

allegedly commissioning bomb attack at the home of Rai

investigative reporter Sigfrido Ranucci last year, sources said.

Last week Carabinieri police arrested four people accused of

carrying out the attack, in which a bomb was detonated in front

of the gate to the journalist's home in Pomezia, near Rome, on

October 16, 2025, destroying two cars parked on the street, his

and his daughter's, and damaging a wall.

They were allegedly paid several thousand euros to carry out the

attack.

Carabinieri have seized Lavitola's phone and computer under a

warrant issued by the Anti-Mafia Directorate (DDA), the sources

said.

Investigators are still at work to establish the motive for the

bombing.

Ranucci presents Report, a hard-hitting show on State

broadcaster Rai that focuses on alleged crime and corruption.

He already had a security detail due to threats before the

bombing.

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