Three Italian police officers killed in blast while evicting siblings from house

A brother and a sister in their 60s were detained after the blast in the town of Castel d’Azzano, six miles south west Verona, while a third sibling escaped
Three Italian police officers killed in blast while evicting siblings from house

Rescuers inspect a collapsed two-storey farmhouse in Castel d’Azzano Picture: Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP

Three police officers have been killed and another 13 injured in an explosion as they carried out an eviction near the north-eastern Italian city of Verona.

A brother and a sister in their 60s were detained after the blast in the town of Castel d’Azzano, six miles south west Verona, while a third sibling escaped, police said.

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