Sudan, blitz to liberate Azzarà Thirteen policemen killed, other wounded thirty

Francesco Azzarà, Italian Emergency operator kidnapped in SudanTredici policemen were killed and 30 others were injured during a clash with an armed gang in Darfur for the release of three hostages. At first it was thought that among them there was also the Emergency operator Francesco Azzarà, kidnapped last August 14, as he reported, citing police sources, the sudanese daily Al-Ahdath. News first denial from Foreign Ministry, then by the same humanitarian organization. "We do not show that the blitz with the release of our colleague," said the President's Emergency Cecilia road.

The blitz, as stated by the spokesman of the agents, Ahmed al-Tughani, occurred Thursday in the eastern region of Jebel Marra, against "a group of bandits and rebels". But the policeman did not provide information about the identity of the three hostages.Moments of concern on the part of the family of cooperating, as the Member of the Pd Franco Laratta who met the parents, "but then when came the Foreign Ministry's denial, tempers are peaceful manner".Azzarà had been seized in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, while in the car heading to the airport. From the initial investigations had revealed that the hostages could have been transferred to Jebel Marra. The collaborator of the Association was in its second humanitarian mission in Darfur. Works for Emergency for a year and in recent days, the organization founded by Gino Strada and the vice governor of southern Sudan Abdul Karim Moussa had reported to have its news and did you know that old was fine. But when it comes to the clash of yesterday, the Governor of the region belies the Reuters that among the hostages were also Azzarà. from this morning a large photo of Azzarà is exposed in front of the balcony of the palazzo del Consiglio comunale in Naples. The initiative, promoted by Mayor Luigi De Magistris and City Council President Raymond Pasquino, wants to witness the solidarity of the Administration in respect of the family of cooperating and also towards the Association led by Gino Strada "which operates in the poorest areas of the planet".