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The ambassador of Italy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was murdered on February 22. Forty-three-year old Luca Attanasio, who had headed the Italian mission in Kinshasa since 2017, was travelling along a dirt road in the east of the DRC when his two-vehicle convoy was ambushed by militants.
In an apparent kidnap attempt, the attackers killed the Congolese driver, Mustapha Milambo, and led the ambassador, his Italian bodyguard, Vittorio Iacovacci, and the other passengers into the adjacent Virunga National Park. Shortly thereafter, they were routed by park rangers but the ambassador and his companions were caught in the crossfire. The bodyguard died on the spot. The ambassador was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he passed away from his injuries.
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