Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies in attack on UN convoy
by Jason Burke in Johannesburg and Angela Giuffrida i from World news | The Guardian on (#5EG33)
Luca Attanasio and two others killed in attempted kidnapping north of Goma in eastern DRC
Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and two other people have been killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy in the restive east of the central African country.
The convoy from the World Food Programme (WFP) was attacked at about 10.30am local time (0830 GMT) during an attempted kidnapping near the town of Kanyamahoro, about 10 miles north of the regional capital, Goma, a spokesperson for Virunga national park said.
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