April 15: Updated with news reports below.
The International Solidarity Movement is shocked and deeply saddened by the killing of our friend and colleague Vittorio Arrigoni. Vik was an inspiring activist and generous soul. Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts.
We will post more information here as it becomes available.
Press Stories
- Guardian Comment is Free: Vale Vittorio Arrigoni, ‘hero of Palestine’
- Ma’an: Mourners march for slain Italian activist
- Ma’an: Egypt offers to help slain activist’s family enter Gaza
- AFP: Gaza in shock as Islamists kill kidnapped Italian
- Reuters: “Dismay and sorrow” in hometown of Italian activist
- LA TImes: Body of kidnapped activist Vittorio Arrigoni found in Gaza City
- Guardian: Vittorio Arrigoni: pacifist supporter of the Palestinian cause
- NY Times: Online Records of an Italian Activist’s Life in Gaza
- Electronic Intifada: Vittorio Arrigoni, “hero of Palestine”
- SMH: Gaza in shock as Islamists kill kidnapped Italian
- Ma’an: Palestinian factions denounce murder of Italian activist
- Ma’an: Salafi leader: Islam prohibits murder
- Bloomberg: Body of Kidnapped Palestinian Activist Arrigoni Found in Gaza, Hamas Says
- BBC: Hamas condemns murder of Italian activist in Gaza
- Radio Netherlands: Italian activist killed in Gaza after kidnap
- Radio France: Italian activist murdered in Gaza City
- RTE: Body of Italian peace campaigner found in Gaza
- Monsters & Critics: EU’s Ashton condemns killing of Italian activist in Gaza
- Washington Post: Abducted Italian activist slain in Gaza
- Ynet: Friends of murdered Italian activist ‘devastated’
- Palestine News Network: Widespread Palestinian Condemnation of Arrigoni Killing in Gaza
- CNN: Italian activist and journalist kidnapped in Gaza is dead
- NY Times: Hamas Says It Found Body of Italian Activist
- Haaretz: Hamas: Abducted pro-Palestinian activist found dead in Gaza
- Al Jazeera English: Body of kidnapped Italian found in Gaza
- Guardian: Body of kidnapped Italian peace activist Vittorio Arrigoni found in Gaza