Ranucci has received a number of threats over the last few months.Anti-mafia police in Rome have launched an investigation after the car of the prominent Italian television journalist Sigfrido Ranucci was destroyed by a bomb on Thursday night.Ranucci, host of the investigative programme Report on RAI 3, shared video footage of the aftermath of the bomb in the early hours of Friday. There was nobody injured in the potentially fatal incident which occurred outside Ranucci's home in Campo Ascolano, near Pomezia, to the south of Rome at around 22.00. His daughter's car and a nearby house were also damaged in the explosion. Questa notte un ordigno è stato piazzato sotto l’auto del giornalista e conduttore di Report, Sigfrido Ranucci. L'auto è saltata in aria, danneggiando anche l’altra auto di famiglia e la casa accanto. Sul posto carabinieri, Digos, vigili del fuoco e scientifica. La Procura di… pic.twitter.com/KmDycbpgq1 — Report (@reportrai3) October 16, 2025 Ranucci, 64, has been under police protection since 2021 due to an alleged assassination plot by the 'Ndrangheta organised crime group. Contacted by RAI News24, the visibly distressed journalist said that he had "just returned home" and that the explosion he heard "was very powerful". "My daughter passed in front of my car a few minutes before the explosion" - Ranucci told Corriere della Sera - "They could have killed someone, they could have killed my daughter. They used at least a kilo of explosives". "There's a climate of isolation and delegitimisation against me" - he said - "In recent months, I've received several threats, all of which have been reported." Italian premier Giorgia Meloni condemned the incident as "a serious act of intimidation", writing on social media: "Freedom and independence of information are essential values of our democracies, which we will continue to defend.” European Parliament president Roberta Metsola and Italy's president Sergio Mattarella also expressed their solidarity with Ranucci, while Italian interior minister Matteo Piantedosi pledged to raise the journalist's security detail to the highest level. Article first published Friday 17 October at 08:21, updated at 14:04.

Anti-mafia police in Rome have launched an investigation after the car of the prominent Italian television journalist Sigfrido Ranucci was destroyed by a bomb on Thursday night. Ranucci, host of the investigative programme Report on RAI 3, shared video footage of the aftermath of the bomb in the early hours of Friday. There was nobody injured in the potentially fatal incident which occurred outside Ranucci's home in Campo Ascolano, near Pomezia, to the south of Rome at around 22.00. His daughter's car and a nearby house were also damaged in the explosion. Questa notte un ordigno è stato piazzato sotto l’auto del giornalista e conduttore di Report, Sigfrido Ranucci. L'auto è saltata in aria, danneggiando anche l’altra auto di famiglia e la casa accanto. Sul posto carabinieri, Digos, vigili del fuoco e scientifica. La Procura di… — Report (@reportrai3) Ranucci, 64, has been due to an alleged assassination plot by the 'Ndrangheta organised crime group. Contacted by RAI News24, the visibly distressed journalist said that he had "just returned home" and that the explosion he heard "was very powerful". "My daughter passed in front of my car a few minutes before the explosion" - Ranucci told Corriere della Sera - "They could have killed someone, they could have killed my daughter. They used at least a kilo of explosives". "There's a climate of isolation and delegitimisation against me" - he said - "In recent months, I've received several threats, all of which have been reported." Italian premier Giorgia Meloni condemned the incident as "a serious act of intimidation", writing on social media: "Freedom and independence of information are essential values of our democracies, which we will continue to defend.” European Parliament president Roberta Metsola and Italy's president Sergio Mattarella also expressed their solidarity with Ranucci, while Italian interior minister Matteo Piantedosi pledged to raise the journalist's security detail to the highest level. Article first published Friday 17 October at 08:21, updated at 14:04.