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Luca Attanasio died of his injuries as the unidentified attackers opened fire on the convoy, killing another official and a driver.

The ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in Goma, the Italian foreign ministry said on Monday.

The Democratic Republic of Congo accused a notorious Rwandan Hutu rebel group of ambushing a UN convoy in eastern DRC on Monday, killing Italy

World Food Programme says the delegation was on its way to visit a school feeding program in Rutshuru

Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio killed in attack in eastern DR Congo: Diplomat Updated Feb 22, 2021 | 17:36 IST Luca Attanasio died of his wounds after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy came under fire near Goma, a senior diplomatic source said in Kinshasa. Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio killed in eastern DR Congo | Photo credit: Twitter@DDIndialive&nbsp Rome: Italys ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Monday when a UN convoy came under at...

In tonight's edition: DR Congo vows to find the killers of the Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and a driver. The trio were killed not far from Goma on Monday after their convoy was ambushed. It's s…

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of  Congo (DR Congo), a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member, together with an Italian embassy official and one other person, were killed on Mon

The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the Foreign Ministry and local people said. The ambush occurred as the convoy was travelling from Goma, Congos eastern regional capital, to visit a World Food Program school feeding project in Rutshuru, the U.N. agency said in a statement. WFP said it was seeking information from local authorities, as...

THE STANDARD By AFP | February 22nd 2021 at 17:26:51 GMT +0300 Luca Attanasio (above) died of wounds after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy came under fire near Goma. [AFP] Italys ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Monday when a UN convoy came under attack in the troubled east, DRC sources and the government in Rome said. Luca Attanasio died of wounds after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy came under fire near Goma while he was on a field trip to the region, a...

Italys ambassador to DR Congo killed while travelling in a UN convoy in the country, says Italys foreign ministry.