Libya, Coast Guard fires warning shots at Italian fishing boats: commander injured
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07 May 2021 The fishing boat "Aliseo" is sailing towards Mazara del Vallo, with seven crewmen, whose commander Giuseppe Giacalone was wounded by gunshots fired yesterday by a Libyan military patrol boat. The assault took place 35 miles north of the coast of AlKhums, "within the fishing protection zone in the waters of the Tripopoli" as reported by the Navy intervened on the spot with the Libeccio frigate. A stretch of sea defined as "high risk" by our authorities. The arrival of the Italian military unit convinced the Libyan military to release the boat which immediately headed for Mazara del vallo. The fishing boat is sailing at a speed of about 9-10 knots per hour; L'arrival in port is scheduled for dawn tomorrow. The conditions of Commander Giacalone, also slightly wounded in the head by some shards of the glass of the cabin and medicated on board by the Italian military, do not cause concern.