(ANSA) - Rome, May 12 - Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said
Friday that Cristian Provvisionato has been released by the
authorities in Mauritania. "Cristian Provvisionato is free,"
Alfano said via Twitter.
"He is returning to Italy. I have spoken to him. Thanks to
the Mauritania authorities. Another target hit".
Provvisionato was arrested in Mauritania at the end of August
2015 and was being held there in preventative detention.
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