In Pomezia

Attack on Ranucci, Anti-Mafia investigates. Meloni: full solidarity. Schlein: institutions react

The programme Report, hosted by Sigfrido Ranucci, makes explicit reference on its social profiles to the fact that the deflagration could have killed

17 October 2025In aggiornamento

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The car of Sigfrido Ranucci, journalist and presenter of Report, and that of his daughter exploded and were completely engulfed in flames. The journalist himself announced this on social media: "Two explosive devices - reads the post - destroyed the cars parked in front of the house in Campo Ascolano, on the outskirts of Rome. The deflagrations were so strong that they shook the entire neighbourhood". No one was injured. The Anti-Mafia is investigating the matter: the DDA prosecutor Carlo Villani - coordinated by the deputy Ilaria Calò - is proceeding with charges of damage with mafia method aggravation, while waiting to receive the first information from the police forces that intervened.

Ranucci, distrutte da un ordigno le auto del giornalista e della figlia a Pomezia

Ranucci: I'm going to sue, rudimentary device

"I'm in the car with the carabinieri escort and I'm on my way to report what happened,' Ranucci explained. His daughter 'parked her car and drove by twenty minutes before it happened,' the presenter continued. It seems to be a rudimentary device, but now we have to see the nature of the explosive. With all the threats we receive, it's not easy to trace the matrix.

The programme Report, hosted by Sigfrido Ranucci, explicitly refers on its social profiles to the explosion of 'a device placed under the journalist's car' parked in front of the house, in Campo Ascolano, on the outskirts of Rome, and which the deflagration could have killed: 'The car blew up,' it says, 'also damaging the other family car and the house next door. The Carabinieri, Digos, fire brigade and forensics were on the scene. The Prosecutor's Office has been activated for checks, and the Prefect has been informed. The power of the explosion was such that it could have killed anyone who passed by at that moment.

Attentato Ranucci, il giornalista in Procura: "Ambienti eversivi destra tra primi contesti analizzati"

Rai: 'Close to Ranucci, we reject any threat'

Rai's managing director Giampaolo Rossi and the entire company "stand by Sigfrido Ranucci and express their utmost solidarity for the serious and cowardly intimidatory attack". "The role of Rai and those who work within it is to guarantee dialogue, pluralism and respect in the daily narration of our time," reads a note. Rai rejects with strength and determination every threat against those who carry out their work in the Public Service. The vital essence of our democracy is the freedom of information that Rai guarantees and that its journalists represent.

Ranucci, tanti al presidio di solidarietà sotto la Rai a via Teulada

Piantedosi: 'Maximum protection for Ranucci strengthened'

"Full solidarity with Sigfrido Ranucci and his family for the serious attack of which he has been the victim. A cowardly and extremely serious act that represents an attack not only on the person but also on the freedom of the press and on the fundamental values of our democracy. There will be the maximum commitment of the police forces to quickly ascertain the perpetrators. I have given a mandate to strengthen to the maximum all measures to protect him," said the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi.

Meloni: full solidarity

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expresses her full solidarity with journalist Sigfrido Ranucci and her strongest condemnation of the serious act of intimidation suffered by him. Freedom and independence of information are inalienable values of our democracies, which we will continue to defend.

Schlein: 'We need reaction and institutional presence'

"The attack on Sigfrido Ranucci is an attack on democracy and freedom of information. It is a vile and dangerous attack on a person who is already under escort for having carried out his work as an investigative journalist, an attack that requires the reaction and presence of the institutions. We cannot accept any intimidation of investigative journalism. Let there be full light shed on those responsible and the matrix of this very serious attack. To Sigfrido Ranucci and his daughter I want to express my solidarity and the solidarity of the entire Democratic Party", says Elly Schlein, secretary of the Democratic Party.

Gabanelli: 'They got the wrong target, Report will not be intimidated'

"It's a terrible act. Something like this hasn't happened in Italy for 30 years," Milena Gabanelli, founder and for 20 years the face of 'Report', told Adnkronos, commenting on the serious act of intimidation against her successor and colleague Sigfrido Ranucci. "For me it means only one thing: 'Dear dear Sigfrido, at the head of Report you no longer have to deal with our affairs,'" said the journalist. Gabanelli, who worked with Ranucci for a decade as his co-author, expressed her full confidence in the 'Report' team. "I know it well, I know Sigfrido and I know the guys one by one. They have the wrong target. It's an act of intimidation, and that team is not intimidated.

Asked what advice he would give the 'Report' team today, he responds pragmatically: 'One chooses to do this job knowing what one brings with one. My advice is to be cautious, of course, because recklessness is useless. But when one chooses the path of investigative journalism, one knows that it is a path that carries risks. It is part of the package'.

Gabanelli clearly distinguishes the work of 'Report' from other forms of journalism: "Nowadays they call anything investigative, but at 'Report' the concept of investigative journalism is deep-rooted and profound. Finally, an analysis of the context in which the violence took place: "The climate towards investigative journalism has never been tender," she says. "Then it depends on who you touch. If you touch the most violent groups, it is obvious that they react. Obviously someone is very annoyed by the topics they have touched or are about to touch.

Crosetto: freedom of information and expression affected

"A very serious, cowardly, unacceptable act. A bomb exploded Sigfrido Ranucci's car in front of his home. Fortunately no one was injured, but the extreme seriousness of an act that strikes not only a journalist, but the very freedom to inform and express oneself, remains. To him and his family my full solidarity and closeness". So says Defence Minister Guido Crosetto.

Salvini: attack of unprecedented and unacceptable gravity

"What happened in Pomezia is of an unprecedented and unacceptable gravity. Total solidarity with Sigfrido Ranucci and his family," Vice-Premier Matteo Salvini wrote on social media.

Silp CGIL: 'Very serious episode, we won't leave you alone'

"The Silp CGIL National Secretariat expresses its most sincere closeness and solidarity with Sigfrido Ranucci and his daughter, victims of the very serious attack that took place last night in Pomezia, in the province of Rome. Only by chance there were no victims". "An episode that represents a very worrying signal in an area with a high density of crime and that strikes one of the most prepared and appreciated Italian journalists, known for his commitment in giving voice to courageous investigations and for his unconditional defence of freedom of expression - Silp CGIL underlines - We have always been close to Ranucci, who has often collaborated also at an institutional and journalistic level with the State Police. As Silp CGIL, as democratic policemen and policewomen, we want to tell you with all our heart: you are not alone and we will not leave you alone".