Miran Hrovatin

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Miran hrovatin
Born	1949 Trieste, Italy
Died	May 20, 1994 (1994-05-21) (aged 45) Mogadishu, Somalia
Occupation	Italian photographer and camera operator

Miran Hrovatin (Trieste 1949 –Mogadiscio March 20, 1994) was an Italian photographer and camera operator killed in Mogadishu, Somalia together with the journalist Ilaria Alpi under mysterious circumstances.

Hrovatin belonged to the Slovenian ethnic community of Trieste. worked He worked before for the agency Alpe Adria then for the agency Videoest of Trieste.

March 20, 1994,He was killed in an ambush along with Ilaria Alpi^[1] returning from Bosaso,^[2] while he was in Mogadishu to Rai 3.^[3] With them were a bodyguard, unharmed and disappearance, and the driver Sid Abdi, who was also unhurt.

He was in Somalia to cover the Somali Civil War and investigate on an illegal traffic of weapons and toxic waste possibly concerning also the Italian Army and other Italian institutions.

In May 2009, Daniel Biacchessi writes the story of Miran Hrovatin in his book Passion reporter.

Notes

↑ "A Miran Hrovatin il mondo andava stretto.". fondazionelucchetta.org.
↑ Silvestri, Giulia. "Ilaria Alpi e Miran Hrovatin: la punta dell’iceberg". isiciliani.it. Retrieved 0/03/2013.
↑ "Ilaria Alpi e Miran Hrovatin: 19 anni senza verità". internazionale.it. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 106770775 LCCN: n2010001169 ISNI: 0000 0000 7562 5081 GND: 121312216

Persondata
Name	Hrovatin, Miran
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Short description
Date of birth	1949
Place of birth	Trieste, Italy
Date of death	March 20, 1994
Place of death	Mogadishu, Somalia

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