The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabinieri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday during an attack on a United Nations convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the Congolese Foreign Ministry and local people said. Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to the country since 2017, carabinieri officer Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver were killed. “There were five people aboard the vehicle, including the Italian ambassador. Congo’s east is home to myriad rebel groups vying for control of the mineral-rich land. And many rebel groups have come and gone during the U.N. mission’s years of operation, at times invading the eastern regional capital, Goma, where the ambassador was killed.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 22, 2021 14:48 UTC