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Valter Lavitola investigated as alleged mastermind in bomb attack on journalist Sigfrido Ranucci
On 16 October 2025 an explosive device damaged the home of Italian journalist and Report presenter Sigfrido Ranucci in Torvaianica, Pomezia. No one was injured, but the blast caused significant property damage.
Prosecutors have named entrepreneur Valter Lavitola as the presumed mandante of the attack. Lavitola, a former editor and close friend of Ranucci, appeared before Rome magistrates, invoking his right to remain silent but also issuing spontaneous statements denying any role. He said, “Non sono stato io, non ho idea del movente,” and asserted that his presence near Ranucci’s house a month earlier was simply to visit his friend.
Investigators have seized Lavitola’s phones and computers and are probing the involvement of Gomes Clesio Tavares, identified as an intermediary, as well as several other suspects charged with aggravated use of explosives, detention, and related crimes. Four precautionary measures have already been taken against three men and one woman alleged to have carried out the bombing.
Rai’s director of investigations, Paolo Corsini, expressed that Ranucci remains a “parte lesa” and called for clarification from the journalist, while noting that the program will continue despite the investigation.