Italian parents kidnapped by armed groups in Mali nearly two years ago have been released. He is about to return to Italy.
Foreign news agencies reported that the Italian government said, on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, that an Italian couple in their sixties and their 40-year-old son were killed by jihadist groups in Malaysia. They were kidnapped in May 2022, and are all in good health. He was about to return to Rome.
This family is a Christian sect. Jehovah's Witnesses, who were planning to build a church before they were kidnapped from their home on the outskirts of Kutiala. The southern part of Mali and a local employee were also arrested at the same time. Until this moment, the fate of this employee remains unknown.
The Italian government stated that Rocco Langone, Maria Donata Cevano and their son Giovanni Langano have been released by the intelligence agency of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is communicating with community leaders and intelligence agencies in Mali. But no other details about what happened were revealed.
A government statement said that the Langano family lives in an area inhabited by armed fighters. Their kidnapping was the work of the Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which has links to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network.
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