(ANSA) - Vibo Valentia, April 10 - A 42-year-old former Calabrina local election candidate, Matteo Vinci, died at Limbadi near Vibo Valentia in Calabria as the car he was driving blew up because of a bomb on Monday. “The explosion occurred when the car crossed a country road in a very isolated area, in the town of Cervolaro.”

Police bomb experts who carried out technical examinations a the scene to determine the causes of the blast said the device had been placed under the car and the explosion could have been activated remotely. His 70-year-old father Francesco, a passenger in the car, suffered multiple injuries but survived the blast and is in a serious condition in hospital. The victim, named in Italian media as 42-year-old Matteo Vinci, had run in the most recent town council elections in Limbadi, a town of around 3,700 people.
A car bomb in Limbadi, near Vibo Valentia, Calabria, kills local politician Matteo Vinci and leaves his elderly father critically injured.