Tag: Luca Attanasio
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Widow of slain Italian ambassador says he was ‘betrayed’
Rome, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):The Italian ambassador killed in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of Congo while travelling in a UN convoy was “betrayed” by someone close to the family, his widow said in an interview published Friday. Luca Attanasio, 43, was shot dead on Monday after unidentified assailants ambushed a two-vehicle convoy from the…
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Rome holds funeral for Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo
Italy paid its last respects to its ambassador to the DRCongo who was killed with his bodyguard and driver during an ambush on a UN convoy
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Italy seeks UN probe into DRC envoy’s killing
Italy said it has asked the UN to launch an investigation into the killing of its ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Hutu rebels accuse DRC, Rwanda over Italian ambassador’s death
Rwandan Hutu denied accusations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the DR Congo and instead blamed the armies of the DRC and Rwanda
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Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo attack
Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Monday when a UN convoy came under attack in the troubled east