Hrovatin belonged to the
Slovenian ethnic community of
Trieste. He had initially worked for the agency Alpe Adria and later for the agency Videoest of Trieste. On 20 March 1994, he and
Ilaria Alpi were killed when their jeep was ambushed in Mogadishu by a seven-man commando unit after returning from
Bosaso, while they were in
Mogadishu reporting for
Rai 3. 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. ==Aftermath==