Italian family returns to Rome 2 years after kidnapping by Malian militants
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Rocco Langone, alongside his wife, Maria Caivano, and an adult son, Giovanni Langone, have returned to Italy after being held captive by al-Qaeda affiliates in Mali.
The family, identified as Rocco Langone, his wife Maria Caivano and an adult son, Giovanni Langone, were kidnapped from their home in the city of Koutiala, southeast of the Mali capital, by a militant group affiliated with al-Qaida. Italian authorities said the family had lived in Mali for years as part of a "well-integrated community of Jehovah’s Witnesses."
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