A bomb destroyed the vehicle of a prominent Italian journalist overnight, without causing casualties, his investigative television news show announced Friday.

Axar.az informs, citing France 24, Sigfrido Ranucci's car blew up in an explosion in Pomezia, near Rome, that also damaged the family's other car and the house next door.

"The force of the explosion was so strong that it could have killed anyone passing by at the moment," it said in a statement on X.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni strongly condemned what she called a "serious act of intimidation".

"The freedom and independence of information are non-negotiable values of our democracies, which we will continue to defend," she wrote on X.

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

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