A would-be thief was blown up
by his own bomb at a cigarette machine in Catania early
Thursday, local sources said.
The criminal was about to place the rudimentary device on the
machine outside a tobacconist's, police said.
He is believed to have died instantly.
An accomplice who was with him fled, police said.
The explosion damaged some nearby cars.
The incident happened at about 4 a.m. in the working class
Librino district of the eastern Sicilian coastal city.
Carabinieri are at the scene.
Prosecutors are set to order an autopsy.
The man has yet to be identified.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
