The 20-year-old woman, who was reportedly severely malnourished, had a heart attack and died before she could be treated

The 20-year-old, named by Italian media as Marah Abu Zuhri, arrived in Pisa on Thursday on an overnight Italian government humanitarian flight.

She had a “very complex clinical picture” and was “in a profound state of organic wasting”, the University Hospital of Pisa said in a statement on Saturday.

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