Redazione di Roma

Last night the eastern outskirts of Rome were shaken by two separate explosions caused by crude devices. The incidents occurred in Tor Bella Monaca and Casal Bruciato, causing extensive material damage to building entrances and widespread alarm among residents, although no one was injured. Details of the interventions: In Tor Bella Monaca (via Giacomo Galopini), just after 1.20am, a paper bomb exploded in the hallway of a block of flats. The blast destroyed the main door and the doors of two ground-floor flats. The Fire Brigade declared the building habitable, though two rooms were temporarily closed off. Later the same…

Tragedy in Rome’s Casal de’ Pazzi district: a fire that broke out at dawn in a flat on via Spinoza killed two elderly spouses, Giuseppe La Croce (80) and his wife Marina Battistini (74). According to initial findings by the Carabinieri and the Fire Brigade, the blaze was started by a votive candle lit for prayers and left near a wooden piece of furniture. The flames quickly produced a thick layer of toxic smoke that filled the first-floor flat. The woman was found dead in bed, while her husband tried in vain to reach the front door for help and…