Italian authorities arrested four people Tuesday on charges stemming from an October 2025 bomb attack targeting the home of Sigfrido Ranucci, host of RAI 3 investigative program Report, in Pomezia, roughly 12 miles south of Rome.
I presunti esecutori dell’attentato del 16 ottobre a danno di Sigfrido Ranucci sono stati arrestati. Dopo le procedure di identificazione previste nel Reparto Operativo dei Carabinieri di Roma sono stati condotti in carcere. Proseguono le indagini per arrivare ai mandanti. pic.twitter.com/Ic0s92olPb
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The Carabinieri carried out the arrests across the provinces of Naples and Avellino following an investigation by Rome’s Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia (DDA), the anti-mafia prosecutors’ office.
#Roma: #Carabinieri arrestano i presunti esecutori dell’attentato dinamitardo contro il giornalista Sigfrido Ranucci. 4 misure cautelari per detenzione di esplosivi e danneggiamento con l’aggravante del metodo mafioso
📄➡️ https://t.co/obQZNtAObL pic.twitter.com/4ppcf8m2VQ— Arma dei Carabinieri (@_Carabinieri_) June 30, 2026
Three of the four suspects are in pre-trial detention and one is under house arrest. All face charges of possessing, carrying, and using an explosive device in a public place, criminal damage, and making threats, with use of mafia-style methods listed as an aggravating factor.
The suspects are Pellegrino D’Avino, his wife Marika De Filippi, Saverio Mutone, and Antonio Passariello. Investigators determined that Passariello procured the vehicle used in the operation, D’Avino, De Filippi, and Mutone conducted pre-attack reconnaissance, and Mutone and Passariello planted and detonated the explosive at the front gate of Ranucci’s home.
The blast destroyed two cars belonging to Ranucci and damaged the property gate. Ranucci had returned home shortly before the explosion. His daughter had walked past the same spot 30 minutes earlier.
The DDA described the inquiry as “particularly complex,” citing forensic analysis of the explosive device, video surveillance review, and phone record examination.
The preliminary judge’s order noted the group acted “on the orders of a person who has not yet been identified.” Investigators said those who commissioned the attack supplied the alleged perpetrators with funds, dedicated phone cards, and legal assistance.
Ranucci, under police protection since 2021, told La Repubblica he had been waiting for the arrests “since the day of the attack.”
Italy fell from 49th to 56th in the 2026 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index, a seven-place fall linked to mafia intimidation, legislative gag laws, and political pressure on Italian journalists.
