Benghazi – Yesterday an Italian C130-J Air Force plane, configured for medical transport, has landed in the Libyan base of Benina, near the city of Benghazi, and loaded 22 injured Libyans. It is a first group deemed suitable for air transport by the competent medical commission of Ministry of Defence. The plane left Libya in the afternoon and landed in Rome around 8.30 pm same day. The 22 injured were hospitalized at Celio Military Hospital. The operation, carried out by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in close coordination with Ministries of Defense, Interior, Health and other competent administrations, also follows other initiatives in which Italy intends to continue to provide humanitarian assistance to all the Libyan security forces involved in the fight against terrorism. (9Colonne)
