Rocco Antonio Langone, centre, his spouse Maria Donata Caivano and his son Giovanni arrive at Ciampino at army airport, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. The Italian family who was once abducted by means of an al Qaida-linked crew on May 19, 2022 in their house at the outskirts of the town of Koutiala, south-east of the capital of Mali, Bamako, have been freed closing evening, the Italian Foreign Ministry stated.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ROME – Italy’s international minister was once readily available Tuesday for the coming in Rome of an Italian family of three simply hours after their free up from two years of captivity in the African country of Mali.
The family, recognized as Rocco Langone, his spouse Maria Caivano and an grownup son, Giovanni Langone, have been abducted from their house in the town of Koutiala, southeast of the Mali capital, by means of a militant crew affiliated with al-Qaida. Italian government stated the family had lived in Mali for years as section of a “well-integrated community of Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stated that the family participants have been all in just right situation. Besides Tajani, they have been met by means of some other grownup son, Daniele Langone.
“I do not wish to anyone to go through what I went through,’’ Daniele Langone told reporters. “I am so grateful for all that has been done for me and for my family.”
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