"my name is Sergio Zanotti from seven months as a prisoner here in Syria. I beg the Italian government to intervene on my behalf before my eventual execution". And' the appeal video in which appears a man, long beard and white tunic, which would be seized in Syria for several months. To publish your movie is the Russian site Newsfront. As we know from the sources of the crisis Unit of the Mfa, the Italian authorities are aware of the videos from the different days and are following the case.
The images show the man on his knees outdoors in between some olive trees. Behind her is a person, dressed in black and with his face covered, holding finger against a machine gun. In the hand of the man kneeling, holding a sign with a date, apparently the November 15, 2016. In another photo posted by the same site of the alleged hostage is standing, barefoot, and holding in his hand the same sign. Just below, in the article, it is shown the copy of the passport, made out to Sergio Zanotti, born in the 1960s to Brown, in the province of Brescia.
The movie – According to what is established so far by the Italian investigators – runs on the web about a week and it does not seem "unique", since the Italian, as with the long beard, does not appear in images that are very tried from the alleged seven months of captivity. The investigators, who are rebuilding the movements of the man, they would have ascertained that in fact a few months ago, Zanotti, started off from Italy for the Turkey, where they lost his tracks.
The Russian website – On Newsfront reads: "the head of the English section has received a message from the account Facebook, by a person who is presented as ajihadist' from Syria. The message contained in the video where you see the prisoner who supposedly is an Italian citizen. The jihadists have threatened that if the Italian government does not intervene, the person kidnapped will be executed". And adds that "currently, Newsfront has no confirmations on the information received and does not assume any responsibility as to its accuracy. The editorial staff decided to publish the material, since its diffusion may save innocent lives".
account to Facebook – the name of The account of the alleged jihadist, who posted the video to Newsfront, is Almet Average. In the description visible on his profile, there is written that it is "Milan"and "live in Naples" and "attended Ipsia Ferraris Pacinotti". The video was posted on the profile on the 21st of November – the day on which the profile seems to have been created – to 18,41. the Newsfront explains that the author of the message was described as a jihadist syrian and it is presented with the name of Abu Jihad. "Before you kill someone reads the correspondence between the agency and the author of the message, which seems to speak also of other prisoners – we communicate always with the media".
foreign ministry: "We are in contact with the family" – The crisis unit of the foreign ministry is following the case of the "compatriot Sergio Zanotti," kidnapped in Syria, "since the beginning" and is in "close contact with the family, the ex-wife and three daughters, and with the other joints competent authorities of the Italian State".
Intelligence: "Seizure abnormal" < / span>– Sources as an investigative and intelligence contact from the LOOP, confirm the seizure and they talk about the "kidnapping anomalous": "No one has reported the death of a man and that at the moment there is no demand for ransom". Investigators and 007 report that, in addition to the video, as well as other objective evidences. As for the kidnappers, there is no confirmation that it is terrorists, from the moment that the man could be also ended up in the hands of criminal offenders that punterebbero to get a ransom. The Committee, as we know, has not been informed by intelligence. The 007 are working to reach a solution while the sources, interviewed by the Ansa report that has not arrived as yet no ransom demand.
