7 hours agoWho was the Italian ambassador killed in Congo today, the message of Di Maio
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Atanasio 43, has remained the victim of an assassination in the town of Kanyamahoro while traveling with a convoy of the United Nations organization. The event took place about 10:00 today, when the convoy was attacked by an armed group that has [...]
The event took place about 10:00 today, when the convoy was attacked by an armed group that tried to kidnap UN personnel.
During the Italian diplomat assassination, he suffered severe wounds and passed away at Goma's hospital.
Along with the Italian ambassador, the victim has remained and an Italian Carabinieri Corps policeman.
The news has been officially published by Italian Foreign Minister.
Luca Attanacio was one of the youngest diplomats. After some experiences in diplomatic missions in Morocco, Nigeria, and Switzerland, since March 2017 he had been appointed to head the diplomatic mission in Congo.
Born in Milan and a graduate of economic science at Bocon University, he began his diplomatic career in 2003.
Ambassador Lucas Attanacio was married to a Congolese State and fathered two children.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has expressed his pain in the event. “Two state guards have painfully lost their lives”, he stated, adding that “the circumstances of this brutal event are still not clear, and that they will work until the full whiteness of it. “
