Three members of Italy’s military police, the carabinieri, were killed and another 13 officers injured in an explosion as law enforcement attempted to carry out an eviction near the northeastern city of Verona, authorities said on Tuesday.
Two middle-aged brothers and their sister were detained in connection to the blast in the town of Castel d’Azzano, 10 kilometres southwest of Verona, police said. The two-storey farmhouse had been filled with gas and the explosion was set off when authorities opened the door, regional governor Luca Zaia told Sky TG24.
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Source: MSN News
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