The diplomat was 43 years old and married to a woman of Moroccan origin with whom he had three children. The soldier of only 30 years was close to returning to his homeland where he was due to get married next summer. According to the latest media reconstruction, the convoy, consisting of two World Food Program (WFP-WFP) cars, was traveling north, on the road between Goma and Rutshuru, where the Italian diplomat was supposed to visit a school food distribution program of the UN agency, just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The jeep with the ambassador on board was blocked by the attackers with large stones placed in the middle of the road in a well-planned ambush, according to the reconstruction of AfricaNews. The attackers fired a barrage of shots from automatic rifles at the vehicle, probably the Kalashnikovs of which terrorists and guerrillas make extensive use in Africa. The Congolese driver was killed immediately while the diplomatic official and the Italian soldier were taken
L Italie veut comprendre la mort de son ambassadeur en RDC – Kababachir
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El PMA garantizó al embajador italiano la seguridad de convoy, según su viuda
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The Italian ambassador killed in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of Congo while travelling on a UN convoy was betrayed by someone close to the family, his widow said in an interview published Friday.
Luca Attanasio, 43, was shot dead on Monday after unidentified assailants ambushed a two-vehicle convoy from the UN s World Food Programme (WFP) in the eastern North Kivu province, near the Rwanda border.
The ambassador s bodyguard from Italy s Carabinieri police forces, Vittorio Iacovacci, 30, and a Congolese WFP driver, Mustapha Milambo, 56, were also killed. Six others survived the attack. Luca was betrayed by someone close to us, to our family, Attanasio s wife, Zakia Seddiki, told Italian newspaper Il Messaggero.