UN staffers cannot be tried over Congo deaths, Italian judge rules
Kidnappings and attacks on aid convoys had been on the rise in Congo at the time of the assault on Attanasio and his entourage.
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Congo envoy, bodyguard 'killed for $50,000' - English
Italy's ambassador to Congo Luca Attanasio and his bodyguard, Carabinieri officer Vittorio Iacovacci were killed by a Congolese kidnapping gang in North Kivu a year ago after they were unable to pay the gang $50,000, newspapers Corriere della Sera and La R... © ANSA
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Prosecutors name two WFP officials over Italy envoy death
ROME: Italian prosecutors allege that negligence by two UN officials played a role in the 2021 killing of Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, media reports said on Wednesday. Luca Attanasio, 43, his Italian bodyguard and a Congolese driver died following an ambush last February of a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy traveling through a dangerous part of
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WFP: Security protocols, leaks a focus of Congo probe
ROME (AP) — A U.N. investigation into the attack on a humanitarian convoy in Congo that...
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WFP spokesman on probe into DR Congo attack
A U.N. investigation into the attack on a humanitarian convoy in Congo that killed the Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and driver will look into whether the long-planned security protocols were followed and whether information might have leaked to the armed group blamed for the ambush.
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