Giovanni Lo Porto

Giovanni Lo Porto (23 June 1977 – 15 January 2015)[1] was an Italian aid worker. In January 2012, he was abducted by militants while working in the Pakistani city of Multan, along with a German colleague, Bernd Muehlenbeck. Muehlenbeck was later freed inside Afghanistan. Lo Porto was accidentally killed by a US drone strike on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border while being kept hostage, along with American contractor Warren Weinstein and American al Qaeda commanders Adam Yahiye Gadahn and Ahmed Farouq.[2]

Giovanni Lo Porto
Born(1977-06-23)23 June 1977
Died15 January 2015(2015-01-15) (aged 37)
Waziristan, Pakistan
NationalityItalian
OccupationAid worker

See also

References
  1. "Giovanni Lo Porto: Who was the Italian citizen killed by a US drone strike in Pakistan", by Payton Guion, The Independent
  2. "American Warren Weinstein and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto killed after US operation against al Qaeda on Pakistan, Afghanistan border". News.com.au. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.


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