Corporal Tiziano Chierotti, 24, 52nd Italian death since 2004
Soldier dies of wounds in Afghanistan
Rome, October 25 - One of four Italian soldiers wounded in a firefight with Afghan insurgents Thursday has died in hospital, taking Italy's death toll in the eight-year NATO-led ISAF mission to 52. Alpine Brigade Corporal Tiziano Chierotti, 24, from the northwestern costal town of Sanremo, had surgery on abdominal wounds but "nothing could be done," military sources said in Rome.
The three other Alpine soldiers were hit in the legs and their conditions are not life-threatening, the sources said. Sending his condolences to Chierotti's family, Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola said Italy would stay the course with its US-led allies until the handover to Afghan forces is completed in 2014.
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(AGI) Rome, Oct. 25 - Army sources have reported that Corporal Tiziano Chierotti, one of four Italian soldiers wounded in a firefight earlier today in Farah, south of Herat, Afghanistan, has died.
The firefight occurred during a joint operation carried out by Task Force South East with the 207th Corps of the Afghan National Army.
Corporal Chierotti was born on October 7th 1988 in San Remo, near Imperia, and joined the army in 2008. He died at 7.45 p.m. local time due to serious stomach wounds and after being medevacked to Camp Bastion.
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Italian convoy attacked in Afghanistan ...
Our soldier killed, three others injured
Our soldiers were carrying out a joint patrol with the Afghan army when their Lynx were attacked by a group of insurgents.
17:46 - An Italian armored Lynx was attacked in Afghanistan among our soldiers on board the train one was seriously injured, and died a few hours later, while three others suffered minor injuries.
The gunfight took place at 13:40 local district Bakwa, in Farah province (south of Herat), during a joint operation with the Afghan army: our soldiers responded by opening fire and killing one of the insurgents.
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