The group aboard the boat that sank off the coast of Mayor, northern Italy, on Sunday, killing four people, was made up of agents from the Israeli and Italian secret services.
A ship carrying Italian and foreign tourists sank in northern Italy on Sunday. Four people died and about 20 passengers were pulled from the water or managed to swim to shore.
Last Tuesday, Alfredo Mantovano, from the Italian Information Security Service, in a statement mourned the deaths of Claudio Alonzi, aged 62, and Tiziana Barboni, aged 53, both members of the Italian secret services who were on the ship “to celebrate the anniversary from one of the group members.
Israeli Shimoni Erez, 50 years old and a retired Mossad agent, was also killed, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
The fourth victim is Anya Bozhkova, a Russian citizen and the wife of the owner of the boat, who rented it out to tourists.
The other passengers on board the ship were also Italians and Israelis and there were certainly other members of the secret services, according to local media.
The ship, on which a group of 22 people and the two crew members were traveling, sank in the Lisanza and Dormelletto region, in the Lombardy region, due to a strong storm that caused it to capsize and sink.
Most people managed to swim to shore between Lisanza and Piccaluga, while others were rescued by boats in the area.
According to the Italian media that reconstructed the event, after the accident it was suspected that more secret service agents were on the boat.
Authorities are investigating the causes of the accident, as the boat was carrying more than 20 people and could only seat 15, as well as why they did not return to land as the storm approached.
Source: DN
