Israeli and Italian secret agents were on board the ship that sank on Lake Maggiore in Italy

The group that was on the ship that sank this Sunday in lake maggiore in northern italyin which four people died, she said Israeli secret service agents and the Italians who gathered for the celebration.

The authority delegated to the Information Security Service of Italy, Alfredo Mantovano, expressed regret for death of Claudio Alonzi (62) and Tiziana Barboni (53), both members of the Italian secret service that they were on board “to celebrate the birthday of one of the group”, according to a note collected by Efe.

also passed away Israeli Shimoni Erez, 50, retired Mossad agentwas confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, which explained that “the Israeli consul in Rome, together with the Ministry’s Department for Israelis Abroad, are working to deliver the body to Israel”, quoted Italian media, reports Eph.

The fourth victim is Anya Bozhkova, Russian citizen and the wife of the boat owner who rented it to tourists.

The other passengers on the ship were also Italians and Israelis, with full insurance there were also other members of the secret servicesreported by local media, reports Efe.

The boat, carrying a group of 22 people plus two crew members, sank in the area of ​​Lisanza and Dormelletto, in the Lombardy region, due to a strong storm that caused it to capsize at around 19:30 local time. time (17.30 GM) this Sunday and then sank.

All the people ended up in the water: most managed to swim to the shore between the towns of Lisanza and Piccaluga, while the others were rescued by boats that were in the area.

According to the Italian media that reconstructed the event, After the accident, it was suspected that there were more Secret Service agents on board.since none of them left a record of their passage through the towns near the lake.

the newspaper La Repubblica reveals that the surviving judges were questioned during Sunday evening and then “quickly disappeared”, doc The Israelis had already returned to their country on Monday morningon a military flight to Tel Aviv, so much so that one of the two vans hired for the trip was parked at the pier.

“The Italians were hastily evacuated from emergency services and hotels between Sesto Calende and Malpensa, where there are no signs that they spent the night,” the newspaper added.

Now researchers are focusing on reasons for the accidentaccording to Efe, since the ship only had a capacity for 15 people and there were more than 20, as well as the reason why they did not return to the shore when the storm approached.