Libya: death of a carabiniere of the Italian team of instructors

25/02/14

Tripoli. Yesterday afternoon at 18.30 about, due to an illness, the sergeant as UPS Corrado OPPIZIO failed to work as tutor within the Italian Military Mission in Libya (MIL) for the training of local armed and security forces .

The soldier felt badly in his quarters and was promptly rescued by his colleagues and later transported to a nearby hospital where he died.

The Chief of Staff of Defense, Admiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli, learned the news of the death, expressed in the name of the Armed Forces and his staff, the deep condolences for the disappearance of a faithful servant of the state engaged in a mission outside the area.

Source: SMD