They had been embraced by the hospitality of the people of Lulese, where they had rented a house for about ten days. They participated in community life, even at those Barbagia "snacks," where you meet every social class in the area, and where they shared their dream of ET and the search for gravitational waves.

Then they were swept away by an act whose true motive remains unclear even 48 hours later. Carlo Giunchi and his wife, the two INGV researchers who were victims of an arson attack on their cars on Saturday night, are leaving the island today without knowing who, and more importantly, why, targeted them.

A ship's note, someone well-informed says, was made before their cars were destroyed in an attack that investigators are not overlooking. They're looking at every personal relationship, but also at institutional ones. And those flames have brought back fears of the past: three years ago, an explosive device had been planted at SOS Enattos. It didn't explode. Terrorism, the hypothesis.

llll Progetto L’ex miniera di Sos Enattos a Lula è al centro dell’Einstein Telescope  

Investigations

The investigation by the Carabinieri of the Bitti Company and the Nuoro Investigative Unit begins with the victims and their stories. Who could blame a scientist? They work by trying to acquire images from the (very few) cameras and any traces at the fire site. Just as they examine every hostile act against the world of ET, they line up one after another.

Fabio Ledda

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