Mail bomb explodes in Italian tax office
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December 10, 2011, Saturday
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A LETTER bomb exploded at an office of Italy's tax collection agency yesterday, slightly wounding the organization's director. Police were probing possible links to an Italian anarchist group that claimed credit for a similar, thwarted attack against the chief executive of Deutsche Bank and warned of two other bombs.
A Rome police official, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, said the bomb was in a yellow bubble envelope mailed to the director's attention at an Equitalia office on the outskirts of Rome.
The director, identified by the government as Marco Cuccagna, suffered a light hand injury. His eyes were not injured, contrary to an earlier report. He was taken to a hospital for treatment, Police Chief Francesco Tagliente said. "We are working to try to understand the dynamic of what happened," he added.
Premier Mario Monti, who is pushing a package of tax hikes and spending cuts to help Italy exit from financial crisis, issued a statement expressing solidarity with Cuccagna. "Equitalia has always done, and continues to do, its duty, in full compliance with the law. It performs an essential role for the functioning of the state, without which it would be possible to provide services to citizens and their families," he said.
On Wednesday, in Frankfurt, a routine mailroom screening found a bomb contained in a small package, was addressed to Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann. The explosive was deactivated without incident. Tucked alongside the bomb was a letter of responsibility from an Italian anarchist group calling itself "The Informal Anarchist Federation."
The letter, written in Italian also promised "three explosions against banks, bankers, ticks and bloodsuckers," according to the Hesse state Criminal Office. Authorities said they were worried two bombs remained undetected.
A Rome police official, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, said the bomb was in a yellow bubble envelope mailed to the director's attention at an Equitalia office on the outskirts of Rome.
The director, identified by the government as Marco Cuccagna, suffered a light hand injury. His eyes were not injured, contrary to an earlier report. He was taken to a hospital for treatment, Police Chief Francesco Tagliente said. "We are working to try to understand the dynamic of what happened," he added.
Premier Mario Monti, who is pushing a package of tax hikes and spending cuts to help Italy exit from financial crisis, issued a statement expressing solidarity with Cuccagna. "Equitalia has always done, and continues to do, its duty, in full compliance with the law. It performs an essential role for the functioning of the state, without which it would be possible to provide services to citizens and their families," he said.
On Wednesday, in Frankfurt, a routine mailroom screening found a bomb contained in a small package, was addressed to Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann. The explosive was deactivated without incident. Tucked alongside the bomb was a letter of responsibility from an Italian anarchist group calling itself "The Informal Anarchist Federation."
The letter, written in Italian also promised "three explosions against banks, bankers, ticks and bloodsuckers," according to the Hesse state Criminal Office. Authorities said they were worried two bombs remained undetected.
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