Italian Ambassador Among Three Killed in Attack on U.N. Convoy in Congo
The attack, on a World Food Program convoy headed to a school in North Kivu Province, left the ambassador, Luca Attanasio, an Italian embassy official and a driver dead.
United Nations peacekeepers and ambulances could be seen at the location where Ambassador Luca Attanasio of Italy was fatally attacked in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Credit.Guerchom Ndebo/Getty Images
Feb. 22, 2021
For Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, humanitarian work was at the core of his mission. The 43-year-old had moved with his wife to the capital, Kinshasa, in 2017, where their family grew to include three young daughters. He rose to the rank of ambassador in 2019, the pinnacle of his diplomatic career.
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