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Man 'confesses to bombing Brindisi school' Man 'confesses to bombing Brindisi school'
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A disgruntled fuel dealer has confessed to being the Brindisi school bomber, according to Italian police.A disgruntled fuel dealer has confessed to being the Brindisi school bomber, according to Italian police.
Melissa Bassi, 16, of Mesagne, was killed and five others injured on the morning of 18 May after a remote-controlled device detonated three gas canisters outside a school in the Adriatic port town of Brindisi.Melissa Bassi, 16, of Mesagne, was killed and five others injured on the morning of 18 May after a remote-controlled device detonated three gas canisters outside a school in the Adriatic port town of Brindisi.
Giovanni Vantaggiato, a 68-year-old married father of two from the small town of Copertino, 37 miles (60km) away, is said to have confessed to making and detonating the bomb after a nine-hour interrogation. Investigators said CCTV footage showed his Hyundai driving by shortly before the blast and an old Fiat Punto belonging to his wife in the same area the night before.Giovanni Vantaggiato, a 68-year-old married father of two from the small town of Copertino, 37 miles (60km) away, is said to have confessed to making and detonating the bomb after a nine-hour interrogation. Investigators said CCTV footage showed his Hyundai driving by shortly before the blast and an old Fiat Punto belonging to his wife in the same area the night before.
There was also CCTV of a man – left handed, similar in appearance and with the same sunglasses – appearing to push the button on a remote detonator, and mobile phone records placed Vantaggiato in the area, despite his initial claims that he was at his business as a reseller of liquefied natural gas for agricultural use.There was also CCTV of a man – left handed, similar in appearance and with the same sunglasses – appearing to push the button on a remote detonator, and mobile phone records placed Vantaggiato in the area, despite his initial claims that he was at his business as a reseller of liquefied natural gas for agricultural use.
"Yes, I made the bomb. It was my idea and I constructed it," Vantaggiato finally said, according to Italian reports."Yes, I made the bomb. It was my idea and I constructed it," Vantaggiato finally said, according to Italian reports.
When reporters asked the anti-mafia prosecutor Cataldo Motta what the motive was, he said: "That is one of the aspects that is not convincing, which is why the investigation is continuing."When reporters asked the anti-mafia prosecutor Cataldo Motta what the motive was, he said: "That is one of the aspects that is not convincing, which is why the investigation is continuing."
"I hope this time they are sure," Bassi's father was quoted as saying in the Corriere della Sera. "I don't want just any guilty person, I want the guilty person.""I hope this time they are sure," Bassi's father was quoted as saying in the Corriere della Sera. "I don't want just any guilty person, I want the guilty person."
Police are investigating whether Vantaggiato had a personal vendetta against someone at the school or set off the bomb to protest against the judicial system after he had been conned out of €300,000, a sum that was never repaid.Police are investigating whether Vantaggiato had a personal vendetta against someone at the school or set off the bomb to protest against the judicial system after he had been conned out of €300,000, a sum that was never repaid.
The Morvillo Falcone school, named after the wife of an anti-mafia magistrate killed by the mafia in a bomb blast 20 years ago, is just a few hundred metres from the Brindisi courthouse. The Morvillo Falcone school, named after the wife of an anti-mafia magistrate killed by the mafia in a bomb blast 20 years ago, is a few hundred metres from the Brindisi courthouse.