Italy: Doctor kidnapped in Libya is freed after 5 months' detention; Italy thanks Tripoli
at 14:16 on June 09, 2015, EDT.
ROME - Italian officials say an Italian doctor kidnapped in Libya in January has been freed.
An official at the Foreign Ministry, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday that Ignazio Scaravilli had been freed and was in good condition in Tripoli, awaiting his return to Italy. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to provide details, said Libyan authorities in Tripoli had helped with the release.
Scaravilli had been kidnapped Jan. 6.