Body of Hostage Slain in Nigeria Arrives in Italy The body of an Italian hostage found slain in Nigeria during a botched British-Nigerian rescue attempt has arrived in Rome, where authorities are upset they were not consulted on the effort to free him. Franco Lamolinara's body was flown in an Italian Air Force jet Saturday to Rome's Ciampino military airport, where officers were stood at attention in a sign of respect. It was to be taken to a morgue for autopsy. A boy looks at bullet holes in a compound where two hostages were held in Sokoto, Nigeria on Friday, March 9, 2012. A British and an Italian hostage were killed Thursday in Sokoto during a failed rescue mission by British special forces and the Nigerian military. A group that claimed ties to al-Qaida claimed the kidnapping, which happened in May 2011. (AP Photos/Jon Gambrell) Close Lamolinara, an engineer, was working in Nigeria when he was kidnapped in May along with a British colleague. The British man also was found dead during the rescue operation. It is unclear how the men died, though British officials have said there are "indications" their captors killed them. In the face of questions from Italy, Britain has said there wasn't time to confer on the rescue bid.