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US Drone killed, Family Two Men's Paid Rp 15.7 Billion


WASHINGTON - Men humanitarian aid workers from Italy, Giovanni Lo Porto, 37, and workers from the United States (US), Warren Weinstein, 73, was killed by a US drone attack in Pakistan in 2015. The administration of President Barack Obama to give money condolences total USD1, 2 million or around Rp15.7 billion to the families of the two victims.

Both men were being held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Pakistan when a US drone launched the attack in January, 2015. ( See Also : extraordinary events of a mother gave birth to twins a lot )

Announcement of payment "donation" to the families of victims of US drone attacks is the first time that officially announced by the Obama Administration. According to the IB Times, Saturday (17/09/2016), they were killed by US drone attacks outside the war zone.

In April 2015, four months after their death, Obama acknowledged that the two men were killed in the mission of secret US counter-terrorism. At that time, US authorities believe there were no civilians in the location of the drone attacks.

The White House has confirmed that payment of money for the two families do without any specific details on each family. According to La Repubblica and Guardian reports, there is an agreement that states that Lo Porto was killed in Pakistan.

US drones often conduct operations targeting al-Qaeda militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan. US drone attack also claimed successfully killed a leader of al-Qaida, Ahmed

Lo Porto, who studied at London Metropolitan University and works for an international aid group called Welthungerhilfe, disappeared in Multan, Pakistan, in January 2012. He has long been on Pakistan to help flood victims of Pakistan in 2010.

Sedanghkan Weinstein, a worker and a professor at the State University of New York, was abducted from his home in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2011. Residents from Maryland were abducted at gunpoint by officials from al-Qaida militants, including al-Qaeda leader Egyptian Ayman al -Zawahiri who claimed hostage Weinstein.

source : sindonews

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