{
  "id": 772796,
  "title": "A friend of the RAI journalist who suffered an attack confesses that he put the bomb in front of his house “for his own good”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/un-amigo-del-periodista-de-la-rai-que-sufrio-un-atentado-confiesa-que",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T13:27:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/internacional/2026-08-13/un-amigo-del-periodista-de-la-rai-que-sufrio-un-atentado-confiesa-que-puso-la-bomba-frente-a-su-casa-por-su-bien.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "The attack last year against one of Italy's most renowned investigative journalists has been solved in the most unexpected way imaginable. Almost 10 months after a bomb exploded in front of Sigfrido Ranucci's house, the presenter of Report, the historic investigative program of Italian public television, businessman and former press editor Valter Lavitola, a close friend of the well-known journalist, has confessed to having ordered the attack. His explanations are even more surprising: he claims he acted \"for the good\" of his friend ―who at that time already had police protection, due to threats he had received as a result of his investigations― to get the authorities to strengthen his protection and thus protect him from possible real attacks.",
  "summary": "Valter Lavitola, who was close to Berlusconi and has a long judicial history, claims he ordered the attack to reinforce police protection for the journalist.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}