"This could be my last appearance as host of Report. We're waiting for a decision, a decision that has a clear political basis, but I'm holding out until the end ." This was stated by journalist Sigfrido Ranucci, guest this evening in Favignana at the "Odisee di ieri e di oggi" program.
Meanwhile, those arrested for the journalist bombing have told prosecutors: " We don't know Lavitola or Ranucci, only Tavares ." Several hours of questioning in Rebibbia prison saw, for the first time, two of the four arrested accused of being the perpetrators of the attack on journalist Sigfrido Ranucci answer all the prosecutors' questions. "Pellegrino D'Avino and Antonio Passariello only had contact with Gomes Tavares," the factotum of the instigator of the bombing, former publisher Valter Lavitola. Therefore, "they didn't know Ranucci or Lavitola and confirmed they didn't mean to harm anyone," their lawyers Generoso Pagliarulo and Antonio Falconieri explained as they left the Roman prison this evening after having entered at 10:00 AM. And the various versions given so far seem to converge among the suspects.
The defense's stance remains unchanged: "The issues we already knew were touched upon. The scope of the warrant is that of the first warrant," namely, Tavares's request to plant the device outside Ranucci's house, "not the gunshots," as Lavitola had requested, according to what he himself told prosecutors. In front of the magistrates, D'Avino and Passariello "answered all the questions, they did not shy away ." It is therefore likely that they also provided their version of events regarding some obscure points in the same warrant that led to their arrest, including that "doctor," whom they allegedly spoke about without associating him with any name. No questions, the lawyers say, were asked about the identity of "Corrado," who appears in the intercepted conversations. In answering the questions, the two also emphasized the nature of the device, which was not intended to cause harm: in short, it was supposed to be a farce.
