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April 15, 2011

Italian Peace Activist Slain in Gaza 
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An Italian peace activist has been slain in the Gaza Strip following his
abduction by Palestinian militants. The body of Vittorio Arrigoni was
found shortly after his captors posted video of him blindfolded and
bloodied. They had vowed to execute him unless their group's leader was
freed from custody by Gaza's Hamas-led government. Arrigoni had lived in
Gaza since 2008 after arriving on a boat carrying humanitarian aid. A
friend of Arrigoni's mourned is death.

Friend: "Why? What did he do? This is a man who came to break the siege
on Gaza. Why? What did he do? He came from across the world, left his
country and family and his entire life and came here to break the siege,
and we kill him? Why? What is the reason?"



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