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Two Italian hostages freed in Libya: local official

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Two Italian hostages freed in Libya: local official
The men were released from an Isis group hideout in a city close to the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Photo: Mahmud Turkia/AFP

Two Italians kidnapped last July in Libya were freed on Friday in a raid by security forces on the Isis jihadist group hideouts in a city near the capital, an official said.

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"Two Italian hostages were released... in Sabratha after an operation targeting several houses after information reached security forces that Daesh elements were there," the city's mayor Hussein al-Dawadi said, using an Arabic acronym for Isis.

The release of Gino Pollicardo and Filippo Calcagno, who work for the Parma-based contractor, Bonatti, was also confirmed by Pollicardo's family, Ansa reported.

More details to follow.

 

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