ITALY: Police officials believe a lone individual could have carried out a bomb attack in southern Italy that killed a teenage girl and wounded 10 others

Record ID: 357502

  • Title: ITALY: Police officials believe a lone individual could have carried out a bomb attack in southern Italy that killed a teenage girl and wounded 10 others
  • Date: 22nd May 2012
  • Summary: BRINDISI, APULIA REGION, ITALY (RECENT - MAY 19, 2012) (REUTERS) INSPECTORS WALKING IN GROUNDS OF SCHOOL WHERE BOMB ATTACK TOOK PLACE POLICE OFFICERS AT GATE OF SCHOOL VARIOUS OF POLICE INSPECTORS EXTERIOR OF SCHOOL MORE OF POLICE INSPECTORS POLICE BLOCK OUTSIDE SCHOOL DAMAGED WALL OUTSIDE SCHOOL INVESTIGATOR IN WHITE PROTECTIVE SUIT TAKING PHOTO DEBRIS ON THE GRO
  • Embargoed: 6th June 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA6MVFA1HCFVA0LKN4V3E8IX4OZ
  • Story Text: A bomb attack which killed a teenage girl and wounded 10 others in southern Italy was probably carried out by a lone individual, a senior official has said but on Monday (May 21) local police forces said they still had not questioned any suspects.
    Saturday's (May 19) attack on the Francesca Morvillo Falcone school, a vocational training institute named after the wife of a famed anti-mafia judge in the town of Brindisi, horrified Italy and sparked speculation it was the work of organised crime gangs.
    However, the Brindisi chief prosecutor in charge of the investigation said it now appeared unlikely that either the Sicilian Mafia or the local version, known as the United Sacred Crown, were involved.
    Local police already have a facial composite picture of the suspect they believe was behind the attack which killed 16-year-old Melissa Bassi.
    Newspaper La Stampa accessed the still picture of the suspect, attained from CCTV footage filmed outside the school. La Stampa have blocked out the face of the suspect as investigations continue.
    Media in Brindisi reported that two men, one a former soldier with knowledge of explosives, had been questioned by police and released. There was no confirmation from prosecutors.
    Prime Minister Mario Monti has cut short a visit to the United States to return home to cope with the aftermath of both the attack and an earthquake in northern Italy in which at least six people died.
    Monti will attend the funeral for Melissa later on Monday.
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