Sigfrido Ranucci, who hosts RAI’s weekly “Report,” Italy’s best-known investigative journalism program, has been under police protection for years. He said both he and his newsroom had received many threats of various kinds, including bullets.CNN repoted.
The rudimentary device, likely made from firework explosives, was planted outside the front gate of Ranucci’s house in Campo Ascolano, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Rome, the journalist told state broadcaster RAI on Friday.