The Italian government has reportedly authorised the declassification of secret files into the death of TV journalist Ilaria Alpi.<br /><br />She and her Slovenian cameraman Miran Hrovatin were killed in Somalia in 1994.<br /><br />Investigators believe it was to stop them revealing an alleged conspiracy to divert Italian aid to weapon and toxic waste trafficking.<br /><br />The pair were ambushed and shot in their jeep in Mogadishu by a seven-man commando unit on 20 March 1994. <br /><br />Somali citizen Hashi Omar Hassan was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the double murder. <br /><br />A parliamentary committee concluded that Alpi and her cameraman died in a botched kidnapping attempt.<br /><br />But it also said that there were military and diplomatic attempts to suppress some aspects of the case.<br /><br />Critics said there was not enough evidence to support the claim that Miran and Hrovatin were victims of a kidnapping.
