A powerful bomb exploded at a court in a southern Italian city, in an attack the authorities blamed on organized crime, according to media reports.
The device, consisting of a gas cylinder with explosives attached to it, detonated at 5:00 am (0400 GMT) in an entrance to the court in Reggio Calabria, damaging the building, according to police quoted in the media.
No-one was injured in the explosion, which happened in the entry to a building housing the prosecutor's office.
The Reggio Calabria prosecutor Salvatore Di Landro told journalists that surveillance camera footage showed two men in motorcycle helmets placing the bomb.
"We are sure this serious attack was carried out by organized crime," Di Landro said in comments reported by the Ansa news agency.
"The cameras showed two individuals wearing helmets arriving on a Vespa (scooter) and placing the bomb," he said.
Agazio Loiero, the head of government in the Calabria region, said the attack was an attempt to frighten judges at the court.
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