Castel D'Azzano massacre, the trial of the Ramponi brothers begins

The trial begins today, before the Court of Assizes of Verona, against the Ramponi brothers, accused of the explosion, on 14 October 2025, of a farmhouse in Castel D'Azzano, in the Veronese area, in which three carabinieri died.

Franco, Dino and Maria Luisa Ramponi, 66, 64 and 60 years old, must answer for massacre, possession of explosives and resisting a public official. The defense could aim to obtain a psychiatric evaluation.

On the night of the explosion, Marco Piffari, 56 years old, commander of the operational support team of the fourth Veneto Carabinieri Battalion, his age Valerio Daprà, operator of the First Intervention Unit, and 36 year old Davide Bernardello lost their lives. Another 25 members of the task force who intervened to inspect the farmhouse, including soldiers and firefighters, were injured. The carabinieri had gone to the farmhouse owned by the Ramponi to carry out a search and an eviction operation.

The environment had been saturated with gas and filled with cylinders and Molotov cocktails.