Rome - Italy confirmed yesterday that its soldiers tortured Somalis while on a peace-keeping mission to Somalia, but an official report said the abuses were not widespread and senior army officers were largely blameless.
The report was produced by a five-member commission of inquiry set up in June after the press printed allegations of rape, murder and brutality by Italian soldiers serving in a US-led mission to Somalia from 1992 to 1994. - (Reuter)