Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo attack, says Italy's foreign ministry

Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and the military were traveling aboard a car in a MONUSCO convoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo when he was killed.

The ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in Goma, the Italian Foreign Ministry has told CNN.

Luca Attanasio died alongside an Italian soldier after their car was attacked as they traveled in a UN convoy in the eastern part of the country.

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