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The NGO employee freed from Milan had voluntarily converted to Islam. Now there are death threats against them on social media.
Milan NGO employee Silvia Romano, who had converted to Islam after being held hostage in Somalia in Somalia, sparks debates in Italy. The 24-year-old was released from the Italian intelligence services near Mogadishu on Friday and returned to Italy on Sunday.
Romano has not only worn the traditional Muslim green robe since the liberation caused controversy. Romano informed prosecutors that they questioned her after being held hostage that she had been treated well during the hostage and had voluntarily converted to Islam. Since then she has been called “Aisha”. Romano returned to Milan on Monday, where she was greeted by a large crowd. However, his home is closely watched by the police, as death threats have also appeared on social media due to his religious conversion.
The Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation on Tuesday on murder threats on Romano’s social media, who was kidnapped in Kenya in November 2018 while working for an orphanage run by an NGO. The 24-year-old, for whom coronavirusThe epidemic that started a two-week quarantine underwent a medical examination on Tuesday. The family doctor confirmed that the woman was fine and was well treated during the Somali captivity.
Ransom speculation
Meanwhile, speculation about the rescue that the Italian secret services allegedly paid to the fundamentalist terrorist group “Al Shaabab” for the release of the aide continues to grow. The rescue could have amounted to up to four million euros, Italian media reported. The young woman was released through a joint action of the Italian community services with the Turkish and Somali forces.
In view of the fierce discussion about Romano, representatives of the Italian churches have called for restraint. “Silvia is the daughter of all of us; she has resisted great dangers,” said Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, according to media reports (Tuesday).
(APA)
