02 September 2020 15:20
Two other fishing boats that were nearby managed to reverse course and get away. But the Libyan military had already taken the two commanders. Eighteen sailors picked up
The Libyan military stopped the four Sicilian fishing boats: in addition to the two later seized, also the Anna mother of Mazara del Vallo and the Natalino of Pozzallo. The commanders of the four boats were made to get on a Libyan navy dinghy, and during this operation two of the four fishing boats managed to reverse the route and get away.
Confirming the seizure of the two Italian boats was the Mazara Harbor Master’s Office, explaining that the case is now being handled by the Farnesina Crisis Unit.
The mayor of Mazara: “Retaliation for Di Maio’s visit?” – The mayor of Mazara del Vallo Salvatore Quinci thinks that “the timing of the kidnapping”, which took place late in the evening of Tuesday, “is not accidental” and explains: “It was carried out just while our foreign minister Luigi Di Maio was in Libya by maritime authorities that report to the self-proclaimed government of the east of the country. It goes without saying that the navy of Mazara is very worried and we all are. But I trust our embassy, which in similar situations has behaved impeccably “.
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