Silvia Romano, an Italian aid worker kidnapped 18 months ago in East Africa, landed in Rome on Sunday a day after being freed.
Silvia Romano, an Italian aid worker who was kidnapped by gunmen in Kenya 18 months ago, waves at Ciampino military airport in Rome, Italy, May 10, 2020. Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS
She was found in Somalia, some 30 km outside the capital of Mogadishu, and was released thanks to efforts by the external intelligence agency, Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said.“I am well, luckily, both physically and mentally. I now want to spend time with my family. I am so happy to be back after all this time,” Romano was shown saying on arrival in a video posted on daily Corriere della Sera’s website.
Romano temporarily removed her protective mask to wave as she descended the steps from the Italian air force jet before hugging relatives waiting for her at the airport.In her home neighbourhood in Milan, church bells saluted her arrival, with many people on their balconies, SKY TG24 showed.Conte said that the task force working to free Romano had been in the final stages “for the last months”, after having proof that she was still alive.
He thanked efforts from the intelligence services, the judiciary and the defence and foreign ministries, all involved in the release the young woman.
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