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© getty An attack on a United Nations convoy has killed the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Italy’s foreign ministry said Monday. The ministry said the convoy, which belonged to the UN World Food Program, came under fire near Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Casualties included Ambassador Luca Attanasio, Italian military police officer Vittorio Iacovacci and an unnamed third person, according to the BBC. Officials at Virunga National Park, a hotspot for armed militant groups, believe the attack occurred around 10:15 a.m. local time and was part of an attempted kidnapping.

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