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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Bomb at Italian School Kills Teenager, Wounds Six Others
Saturday, May 19, 2012 7:15 AM
Rome — A bomb exploded in front of a school in southern Italy on Saturday,
killing a 16-year-old girl and wounding at least six others, two seriously,
authorities said on Saturday.
The explosion, near the entrance of a girls school named after the wife of
murdered anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, occurred as pupils were
preparing to enter the school at the start of the school day, which in Italy
includes Saturdays.
Authorities said two gas canisters appear to have been placed in rubbish
containers at the school, which local media said was located near the main
court in Brindisi, a port city located in Apulia, on the "heel" of Italy.
"This is a tragedy," Mimmo Consales, the mayor of Brindisi, told SkyTG24
news television, saying that two of the injured were in a "desperate
condition" while four others were less seriously hurt.
A surgeon told local TV Telenorba that one of the injured girls was
currently undergoing a complicated surgery.
There was no claim of responsibility and no indication of who had placed the
bomb but initial suspicions were directed at the mafia.
Consales noted that the incident occurred just a few days before the 20th
anniversary of the murder of Falcone and his wife, Francesca Morvillo, by a
bomb in Sicily on May 23, 1992. An anti-mafia march had been planned later
in the day.
"You can understand the symbolism of this and what it all signifies," he
said.
Television shots of the scene showed a cement wall blackened by fire next to
the school's entrance gate on a sunny spring day.
Schools in the region were closed and President Giorgio Napolitano issued a
statement condemning the attack. A group of investigators, including the
region's top anti-mafia prosecutor, will meet later on Saturday to discuss
the probe.
Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri announced plans several days ago to
step up security around sensitive targets including official buildings
after a series of threats against tax officials.
Italy's main tax and fine collection agency, Equitalia, has been targeted by
a series of small explosive devices amid a growing wave of public anger
over the high taxes imposed to shore up public finances and combat the
economic crisis.
The head of Ansaldo Nucleare, a nuclear engineering company owned by defence
technology group Finmeccanica, was shot in the leg in an attack claimed by
an anarchist group, adding to concerns that extremist groups may try to
exploit the public anger.
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