An Italian aid-sector official
said on Thursday that government efforts to release Italian aid
worker Giovanni Lo Porto, killed in a US drone raid in January,
"were far from having achieved the slightest result".
"We can not fail to note that evidently the efforts by the
Italian government for his release, beyond official statements,
were far from having achieved even the slightest result",
Voluntary Sector Forum spokesperson Peter Barbieri said.
Barbieri said Lo Porto was the "unwitting victim of a
military operation against al-Qaeda", adding that the aid worker
dedicated his life to humanitarian projects around the world.
"Giovanni was not a fool and was well aware of the risks
that can occur in the work he had chosen and loved: we believe,
however, that he could not imagine losing his life in this way",
Barbieri said.
On Thursday, the White House announced that the 39-year-old
Italian aid worker, along with 73-year-old US hostage Warren
Weinstein, was killed by US forces in an anti-al-Qaeda drone
raid.
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