EU Commision President Prodi survives bomb attack

[Hitro]

Someone sent a letter bomb to his private home in Bologna and he apparently opened it himself but in a very careful way so that he wasn't hurt.

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What I find weird is that someone in such a high political position opens his letters himself without any scanning or so.

What I also find interesting to think about is who might be behind it.

 

[jack merchant]

There have been a few more attacks in Italy lately, mostly targeted at those espousing a free market-liberal point of view ( for example, an economist who had authored a report on the labour market in Italy was assassinated earlier).

 

[Hitro]

True, but the Red Brigades or whoever claims to have revived them usually don't send this unsophisticated letter bombs.

 

[jack merchant]

One theory might be that it was an Italian right-wing group/individual - the book in which it was hidden was by a famous Italian nationalist & supporter of Mussolini. Maybe they don't want Prodi back to challenge Berlusconi .

 

[Archer 007]

I really am shocked by that lax level of security.

 

[naervod]

That is a surprising lack of security, especially with terror threats, etc.