An Italian couple and their son, who were kidnapped in Mali in May 2022, have been freed and were due to return to Rome on Tuesday, the Italian government said. Rocco Langone, Maria Donata Caivano and their son, Giovanni Langone, had been seized from their home outside the southeastern Malian city of Koutiala by a "jihadist faction", it said in a statement.

Italian family returns home two years after being kidnapped in Mali

On the same day, two individuals Stefano Pirelli, aged 30, and his fiancée, Antonietta Demasi, aged 22, were involved in separate plane crashes but had a remarkable escape.

Italian couple survives separate plane crashes on the same day

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Italian family returns home two years after being kidnapped in Mali

Italian couple survives separate plane crashes on the same day