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Intelligence Officials Die in Storm-Ravaged Boat Accident on Italian Lake

  • Four people, including two Italian secret service agents and a former Israeli Mossad agent, were killed when a boat carrying 24 people capsized on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy during a sudden storm.
  • The boat was carrying members of the Italian and Israeli intelligence services, suggesting the outing may have been part of a work meeting.
  • The dead Israeli, 50-year-old Erez Shimoni, was a retired Mossad agent, Israel's national intelligence agency confirmed.
  • Magistrates are investigating whether the boat was over capacity and if it should have been on the lake given the severe weather conditions.
  • The survivors were uninjured, and Shimoni's remains were returned to Israel for burial.
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