Daniele Mastrogiacomo
Daniele Mastrogiacomo (born September 30, 1954 in Karachi , Pakistan ) is an Italian - Swiss journalist and reporter for the Italian daily La Repubblica , who was kidnapped in Afghanistan on March 5, 2007 and released on March 19, 2007 after two weeks.
Life
Daniele Mastrogiacomo is the son of a Swiss woman and an Italian. He started working for the Italian daily La Repubblica in 1980 as an expert on foreign policy . He has worked there as an international reporter since 1992.
He reported on events such as the Mani pulite , the murder of Marta Russo and the trial of Erich Priebke . He was also a correspondent in Afghanistan, Iran , Palestine , Iraq and Somalia . In 2006 he was on duty during the Lebanon War .
kidnapping
On March 5, 2007, Daniele Mastrogiacomo was kidnapped by the Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand together with two locals, his interpreter Adschmal Nakschbandi and his driver Sjed Agha . The hostage-takers had threatened to kill him if the Italian government did not set a schedule for the withdrawal of 2,000 Italian soldiers from Afghanistan within a week. On March 15, 2007, Daniele Mastrogiacomo made a video appeal to the then Prime Minister Romano Prodi to campaign for his release. His driver Sjed Agha was beheaded by the kidnappers.
After being held hostage for two weeks, Daniele Mastrogiacomo was released on March 19, 2007. In return, Kabul released five Taliban fighters from prison. The ransom is said not to have been paid. The exchange had been criticized from many sides. Shortly after his liberation, he went to a hospital in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand. On April 8, 2007, it became known that the hostage-takers had also beheaded Adschmal Nakshbandi, the interpreter who had been abducted with Daniele Mastrogiacomo.
Publications
- I giorni della paura. E / O, Rome 2009, ISBN 978-88-7641-874-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Editor, Liberato Daniele Mastrogiacomo , Swissinfo , March 19, 2007
Web links
- Italian reporter kidnapped in Afghanistan - news.ORF.at , March 5, 2007
- Kidnapped Swiss journalist asks for help on video! - Blick Online , March 15, 2007
- Kidnapped Italian journalist free again - Handelsblatt.com , March 19, 2007
- Afghanistan: Taliban boast of hostage beheading - WELT ONLINE , April 8, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mastrogiacomo, Daniele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-Swiss journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karachi , Pakistan |