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Rome: 18 months after her kidnapping in Kenya, the young Italian assistant Silvia Romano arrived in Rome. The Milanese, who was kidnapped in an armed attack on a children’s house in the village of Chakama, in southeastern Kenya, in November 2018, was received on Sunday by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, at the Ciampino airport.
The young woman, dressed in a green Muslim robe, got out of the plane with a respirator and hugged her family. He looked in good shape. The Roman prosecutor asked him about the background of his kidnapping.
“I was strong and I didn’t give up”
Romano worked for the child protection organization “Orphan’s Dream” in Kenya when she was kidnapped. On November 20, 2018, five people, including three children, were injured at the orphanage in question when several armed men attacked. Chakama is about 60 kilometers from the coastal town of Malindi, which is popular with tourists and Italian immigrants.
“I was strong and didn’t give up,” said Romano. The young woman was released thanks to an action by the Italian community services with the Turkish and Somali forces 30 kilometers from the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The release took place in an area of difficult access, which had recently been affected by floods.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte welcomed them to Rome.
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Prime Minister Conte described Romano’s release as good news at a difficult time for Italy due to the crown crisis. The release was the result of the hard work of the State Department, the Defense Department and the secret services. “The state leaves no one alone,” said Conte. (APA)
