He threw a rudimentary explosive device at a Carabinieri car just as two soldiers were getting on board. Luckily the explosion did not reach the police but one of them was drawn by some drops of aluminum contained in the bottle together with chloric acid, an explosive and highly toxic mixture.
The incredible episode occurred yesterday afternoon in Santo Stefano di Camastra. The young man, a 22 year old local with no criminal record, was immediately identified thanks to the video surveillance cameras of the barracks and arrested. Now he finds himself locked up in Barcelona prison on charges of possession and manufacturing of explosive material, aggravated damage and attempted injury. Patti’s prosecutor Angelo Cavallo and her deputy Giovanna Lombardo have opened a file on the matter. The reasons for the gesture, which at the moment are absolutely inexplicable, remain to be understood. Perhaps a challenge, the challenges that run on the web, and which have often put the lives of the young protagonists at risk.
Also because the 22-year-old filmed the whole scene from the moment the bottle was thrown, probably with the aim of publishing everything on the Internet. According to the reconstruction, the 22-year-old, who returned to Santa Stefano di Camastra after a period spent in the community in S. Patrignano, was stationed near the barracks of the carabinieri company. When the two soldiers approached the car, the young man took the bottle out of a shoulder bag and threw it at them. Despite the strong explosion, the two soldiers remained almost unharmed while the boy fled on foot and then asked a driver for a lift and drove away. Immediately identified he was stopped in the house where he lives with an uncle. In the house the police found another rudimentary device, a bottle to which he had attached some large firecrackers with insulating tape. Probably with the intention of repeating the gesture. Everything was seized and sent to the Messina RIS.
