The East African
Saturday February 27 2021
The medical team picks up the bodies of Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and driver after they were killed on February 22, 2021, in Goma, DRC. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
Authorities in the DR Congo are now scrambling to understand whether they were victims of circumstances or the diplomat was targeted.
The killing has elicited questions among diplomats and analysts, especially why the ambassador, supposed to be very well informed, chose to travel without an escort from the UN army (Monusco) and without the FARDC.
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The government of President Felix Tshisekedi has ordered that ambassadors and other senior diplomats accredited to Kinshasa will only travel to the countryside after being granted permission by the government following the killing of Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio, his Italian bodyguard Vittorio Lacovacci, and Congolese UN driver Mustapha Milambo on Monday in North Kivu
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