Giovanni Lo Porto Explained
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1977 |
| Death Place: | Waziristan, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Occupation: | Aid worker |
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 in one of a series of unmanned aircraft strikes in Waziristan, Pakistan, along with American contractor Warren Weinstein, and American al Qaeda leaders Ahmed Farouq and Adam Gadahn.[2] [3]
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Notes and References
- News: Giovanni Lo Porto: Who was the Italian citizen killed by a US drone strike in Pakistan . Payton . Guion . . 23 April 2015 . 4 January 2023.
- News: 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. 26 April 2015. 20 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150520224926/http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/american-warren-weinstein-and-italian-giovanni-lo-porto-killed-after-us-operation-against-al-qaeda-on-pakistan-afghanistan-border/story-fnh81jut-1227317910491. dead.
- Web site: Obama: 2 hostages accidentally killed in drone strike. USA Today.
