The car of Sigfrido Ranucci, journalist and host of Report, and that of his daughter exploded and were completely engulfed in flames .
The journalist himself reported the news on social media. "An explosive device," the post reads, "destroyed cars parked in front of a house in Campo Ascolano (a hamlet of Pomezia, ed.), just outside Rome. The explosions were so powerful they shook the entire neighborhood."
The cars were parked in front of Ranucci's home. The explosion "could have killed," the post explains. The device, containing about a kilo of explosives , had been placed between the car and a gate. The debris was seized and will be subjected to investigation.
"The car blew up," it reads, "also damaging the family's other car and the house next door. Carabinieri, Digos (Special Operations Unit), firefighters, and forensic scientists were on site. The competent prosecutor's office has begun investigating and notified the prefect. The force of the explosion was so strong that it could have killed anyone passing by at that moment ."
And Ranucci explained that his daughter had passed by just before that point, safe by a matter of minutes .
"My daughter parked her car and passed by there twenty minutes before the incident," the host says. " It appears to be a rudimentary device, but now we need to determine the nature of the explosive. With all the threats we're receiving, it's not easy to trace the source ."
The device was not activated remotely or with a timer, but was left outside the house, presumably with the fuse lit.
In the video posted by the program Report on social media, the front of the journalist's car is completely destroyed, and the car next to it, his daughter's, is damaged. Ranucci explained that .
