9 December 2011
Last updated at 14:09 ET
Equitalia has become widely unpopular among Italians, correspondents say
A parcel bomb has exploded at a tax collection office in the Italian capital Rome, injuring the director.
Officials at the Equitalia agency said the blast shattered a glass desktop, causing hand and eye injuries to director Marco Cuccagna.
Police said the package also contained a leaflet signed by the Italian anarchist group FAI.
The FAI has said it sent a letter bomb on Wednesday to the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.
The Frankfurt bomb, addressed to chief executive Josef Ackermann, was intercepted and made safe, but a letter from the FAI found with the device promised three bomb attacks.
A hospital doctor said surgeons had managed to save Mr Cuccagna’s sight after removing shards of glass from both eyes. They were still attending to his hand injury, the doctor said.
‘Evil act’
Equitalia official Angelo Coco told Ansa news agency: “We believe Equitalia has been the victim recently of a denigration and disinformation campaign.”
Correspondents say Equitalia has
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