Italy's Envoy to Congo Killed in Attack on UN Convoy
News - World: Italy’s ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and a driver from the World Food Programme were killed on Monday when their convoy was attacked in the east of the country, Italy and the United Nations announced.
The convoy was attacked at about 10:15 a.m. (0815 GMT) in an attempted kidnap near the town of Kanyamahoro, about 25 km (15 miles) north of the regional capital Goma, a spokesman for the Virunga National Park told Reuters.
The deaths of the ambassador, Luca Attanasio, 43, Italian military policeman Vittorio Iacovacci, 30, and a Congolese driver, whose name has not been released, were confirmed by the Italian government in a statement.
Dozens of armed groups operate in and around Virunga, which lies along Congo’s borders between Rwanda and Uganda. Park rangers have been repeatedly attacked and six were killed in an ambush last month.
Source: Reuters
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