The boat was engaged in a drive off the coast of Benghazi when it was attacked by a patrol boat
PALERMO – The “Aliseo” fishing boat of the Mazara del Vallo fleet, which was engaged in a raid off the coast of Benghazi, was strafed by a Libyan military patrol boat. The gunshots wounded the commander, Giuseppe Giacalone. His son Alessandro confirmed this to ANSA, adding that at the moment he does not know the conditions of his father.
Subsequently, the Libyan Navy, which controls the Coast Guard, denied having fired “at” Italian fishing boats but admitted that “warning shots in the air” were fired to stop fishing boats that, according to him, had trespassed in Libyan territorial waters. . “There were no shots fired against boats, but warning shots in the air,” said Commodore Masoud Ibrahim Abdelsamad, spokesman for the Libyan Navy without providing further details for the moment.
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