Italy repatriates ambassador and police officer killed in DR Congo

By Editorial Team
Published 3 years, 2 months ago

A military plane has left the Democratic Republic of Congo for Italy carrying the bodies of Italy’s ambassador to the country and his bodyguard a day after they were shot dead in an ambush on a UN convoy.

The Italian ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio (left), and police officer, Vittorio Iacovacci. (Photo: ANSA)

Ambassador Luca Attanasio, 43, and his bodyguard, Vittorio Iacovacci, 30, were killed while travelling from Goma, the country’s eastern regional ...

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