(9 Dec 2011)
1. Gate to tax office 'Equitalia'
2. Police vehicles
3. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Francesco Tagliente, Police Chief of Rome:
"We are working to try to understand the dynamic of what happened. This morning, the director (of Equitalia) opened an envelope which exploded and his hand was injured. He is at Sant'Eugenio hospital. It was a letter-bomb."
4. Exterior of office
5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Giuliano, Equitalia employee:
"Yes, it was a bomb that exploded in front of the director."
6. Exterior of office
7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Firefighter, no name available:
"No chemical substance or radioactive substances were used."
8. Close of 'Equitalia' sign on gate
STORYLINE:
A letter bomb exploded on Friday at an office of Italy's tax collection agency, wounding the organisation's director.
Police said an Italian anarchist group that sent a letter bomb to Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt earlier in the week claimed responsibility for the attack.
A Rome police official, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, said Friday's bomb was contained in a yellow bubble envelope mailed to the director's attention at an Equitalia office on the outskirts of Rome.
The tax agency director, identified by the government as Marco Cuccagna, underwent surgery after suffering injuries to a hand and his face, caused when a glass desktop was shattered by the explosion, an Equitalia official told the ANSA news agency.
Italy's Informal Anarchist Federation claimed responsibility.
The letter included in the package was "very similar" to that which was contained in the Deutsche Bank letter bomb, which didn't explode, a police official said.
The group, known in Italy as FAI, had warned in its Deutsche Bank claim that there would be three "explosions" in its latest campaign.
Last year around Christmas, the anarchist group sent package bombs to three Roman embassies, injuring two people.
Premier Mario Monti, who is pushing a package of tax hikes and spending cuts to help Italy solve a financial crisis, issued a statement expressing solidarity with Cuccagna, as did Italy's president.
On Wednesday in Frankfurt, a routine mailroom screening found a bomb contained in a small package that was addressed to Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann.
The explosive was deactivated without incident.
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