Tag: Italian
Four people have been arrested in Bangladesh in connection with the killing of an Italian aid worker last month. Bangladeshi police said on Monday that they had detained four gunmen, adding that they have all confessed to carrying out the attack on September 28, which led to the killing of Cesare Tavella. The men were […]
The Italian navy said on Saturday that at least 40 migrants drowned after their boat sank en route to Europe across the Mediterranean. “Operation underway… many migrants saved. At least 40 dead,” the Italian navy said in a post on Twitter. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that at least 2,300 people have died […]
Italian police in riot gear forcibly removed a few dozen African migrants on Tuesday who had been camping out for days at Italy’s Mediterranean border with France in hopes of going further north. Some of the migrants protested, grabbing onto signposts, while others had to be carried off by their legs and arms — a […]
Two commercial ships and an Italian coastguard vessel rescued about 700 migrants from overcrowded boats near the Libyan coast on Friday, days after more than 300 people died trying to make the crossing to Europe. Rome’s coastguard command centre organised rescue operations, which started early this morning after it received a distress call by satellite […]
