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Italian ambassador to DR Congo killed in UN convoy attack
Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack in the east of the country, its foreign ministry has said.
The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and two others have been killed during an ambush on a fact-finding mission convoy in North Kivu.
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Photo: Luca Attanasio, Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: Reuters.
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