Castel D'Azzano Massacre, Trial Begins for the Ramponi Brothers

The trial of the Ramponi siblings, accused of the Castel D'Azzano massacre, began today before the Court of Assizes in Verona. Franco, Dino, and Maria Luisa Ramponi, aged 66, 64, and 60, must answer for charges of massacre, possession of explosives, and resisting a public official.

The explosion, which occurred on October 14, 2025, caused the deaths of three carabinieri: Marco Piffari, Valerio Daprà, and Davide Bernardello. Another 25 members of the intervening task force, including military personnel and firefighters, were injured. The carabinieri had gone to the farmhouse owned by the Ramponis to carry out a search and an eviction operation.

The Castel D'Azzano massacre originated on the night of October 14, 2025, when a team of Carabinieri went to a farmhouse in the Verona area for a search and eviction. The owners, the Ramponi brothers, had saturated the environment with gas and filled the house with gas cylinders and Molotov cocktails. The ensuing explosion killed three officers and seriously injured another twenty-five.

The triggering event was thus the intervention of law enforcement to execute a legal warrant, to which the Ramponi brothers responded with an extreme act of resistance, preparing an explosive trap. The main protagonists are the three defendants, all elderly, and the victims: Carabinieri with operational roles in command and first response. The investigations have led to the current charges of massacre, bringing the case to the present trial phase.