2025 Castel d'Azzano explosion
| 2025 Castel d'Azzano explosion | |
|---|---|
| Location | Castel d'Azzano, Verona, Italy |
| Date | 13–14 October 2025 |
| Target | Carabinieri and Italian State Police officers |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | 3 Carabinieri |
| Injured | 27 (including the perpetrators) |
| Perpetrators | Franco, Dino, and Maria Luisa Ramponi |
| Motive | Retaliation for attempted eviction of the building |
The Castel d'Azzano explosion was an attack perpetrated against Carabinieri and police officers who were evicting a farmhouse near Castel d'Azzano, Verona, Italy between 13 and 14 October 2025. The occupants filled the farmhouse with gas cylinders, and several incendiary devices before detonating the gas when the Carabinieri and Italian State Police arrived. Three Carabinieri officers were killed in the incident and 25 others people were injured including one of the perpetrators. It is the deadliest attack on Carabinieri officers since the 2003 Nasiriyah bombing.