Ilaria Alpi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ilaria Alpi

Italian journalist

Date of Birth: 24-May-1961

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1994

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Italy, Somalia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ilaria Alpi (May 24, 1961 in Rome – March 20, 1994 in Mogadishu) was an Italian journalist killed in Mogadishu, Somalia together with her camera operator Miran Hrovatin.
In 2009 Francesco Fonti, a former 'Ndrangheta member, claimed that Ilaria Alpi and her cameraman were murdered because they had seen toxic waste shipped by the 'Ndrangheta arrive in Bosaso, Somalia.At the time of her murder, she was following a case of weapon and illegal toxic waste traffic in which she believed also the Italian Army and other institutions were involved.
Alpi was born in Rome and worked for Italian public television broadcaster RAI. In the 2002 movie Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni, directed by Ferdinando Vincentini Ornagni, she is portrayed by Giovanna Mezzogiorno.