Giovanni Lo Porto (23 June 1977 – 15 January 2015) was an Italian aid worker. In January 2012, he was abducted by militants while working in the Pakistani city of
Multan, along with a German colleague, Bernd Muehlenbeck. Muehlenbeck was later freed inside Afghanistan. Lo Porto was killed by a US
drone strike on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border while being kept hostage, along with American contractor
Warren Weinstein
Warren Weinstein (July 3, 1941 – January 15, 2015) was an American contractor, and director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates, a firm which increases business competitiveness and growth in developing economies.
He was kidnapped by eight al-Q ...
and American
al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military targets in various countr ...
commanders
Adam Yahiye Gadahn and Ahmed Farouq.
See also
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Foreign hostages in Pakistan This is a list of known foreign hostages in Pakistan.
Foreign nationals have often been abducted by various militant groups who are involved in the current War in North-West Pakistan and are linked to terrorism in Pakistan. Most of these kidnapping ...
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2015 deaths
Foreign hostages in Pakistan
Italian expatriates in Pakistan
Terrorism deaths in Pakistan
Italian people taken hostage
Deaths by American drone strikes in Pakistan
Accidental deaths in Pakistan
1977 births
People from Palermo
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