Miran Hrovatin (11 September 1949 – 20 March 1994) was an Italian photographer and camera operator killed in Mogadishu, Somalia, together with journalist Ilaria Alpi[2] under mysterious circumstances.
[5] With them were a bodyguard, who escaped unharmed and disappeared, and the driver Sid Abdi who was also unhurt.
Miran was in Somalia to cover the Somali Civil War and investigate illegal traffic of weapons and toxic waste possibly concerning also the Italian Army and other Italian institutions.
In 2000, Somali citizen Hashi Omar Hassan was convicted and sentenced to 26 years in prison for the double murder.
[6] In May 2009, Daniel Biacchessi wrote the story of Miran in his book Passion reporter.