Miran Hrovatin

Miran Hrovatin (11 September 1949 in Trieste – 20 March 1994 in Mogadishu) was an Italian photographer and camera operator killed in Mogadishu, Somalia together with the Italian journalist Ilaria Alpi[2] under mysterious circumstances.

Miran Hrovatin
Born11 September 1949
Trieste, Free Territory of Trieste
Died20 March 1994 (1994-03-21) (aged 44)[1]
Mogadishu, Somalia
OccupationItalian photographer and camera operator

Background and death

Hrovatin belonged to the Slovenian ethnic community of Trieste. He worked before for the agency Alpe Adria then for the agency Videoest of Trieste.

On 20 March 1994, he and Ilaria Alpi were killed in an ambush on their jeep in Mogadishu by a seven-man commando unit[1][3] after returning from Bosaso,[4] while they were in Mogadishu reporting for Rai 3.[5] With them were a bodyguard, who escaped unharmed and disappeared, and the driver Sid Abdi who was also unhurt.

Miran was in Somalia to cover the Somali Civil War and investigate on an illegal traffic of weapons and toxic waste possibly concerning also the Italian Army and other Italian institutions.

In 2000, Somali citizen Hashi Omar Hassan was convicted and sentenced to 26 years in prison for the double murder.[1] In October 2016, a court in Perugia, Italy, reversed the conviction and Hassan was awarded more than three million euros for the wrongful conviction and nearly 17 years he had spent in prison.[6]

Aftermath

In May 2009, Daniel Biacchessi wrote the story of Miran in his book Passion Reporter.

On 20 March 2014, 20 years after their death, the Italian government has reportedly authorized the declassification of secret files into their death.[1][7]

The Ilaria Alpi Award for Television Journalism (Italian: Premio giornalistico televisivo Ilaria Alpi) was created in his honor.

See also

Notes
  1. "Secret files into killing of Italian journalist set to be declassified - Video Dailymotion". 20 March 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. "New probe set in journalists' killings". UPI. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  3. "A Miran Hrovatin il mondo andava stretto". fondazionelucchetta.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29.
  4. Il mistero di quell'ultimo volo di Ilaria Alpi e Miran Hrovatin, retrieved 2019-10-14
  5. "Ilaria Alpi e Miran Hrovatin: 19 anni senza verità". internazionale.it. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  6. "Somali wrongly convicted in Alpi case gets 3 mn euros". ANSA News – ansa.it. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  7. "Secret files into killing of Italian journalist set to be declassified". euronews. 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
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