Overview

• Prosecutors in Siracusa have launched an attempted‑murder investigation and ordered forensic inspections after a Libyan patrol boat allegedly shot at SOS Méditerranée’s Ocean Viking for about 20 minutes.
• The European Commission said it has contacted Libyan authorities to clarify the incident and is still establishing the facts.
• Ocean Viking docked in Augusta with 87 people rescued at sea, reporting bullet impacts at head height and damage to navigation gear and rescue equipment, with no injuries.
• Journalistic analyses indicate the vessel that fired was likely a Corrubia‑class patrol boat previously supplied to Libya by Italy in 2023.
• Italy enforced the Piantedosi decree by detaining Mediterranea’s ship for disobeying a Genoa port assignment and seizing the Trotmar III in Lampedusa for not notifying the Libyan coastguard, as Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi reiterated that the state directs sea rescues.