Italy's Foreign Ministry has confirmed the death of its ambassador to the Democratic Republic Congo, Luca Attanasio, who was killed in an attack on a UN convoy in eastern DRC.  

In a statement on Monday, by the country’s ministry, it was also stated that an Italian carabiniere gendarmerie officer also died in the attack.

Italy’s Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, said he learned the tragic news while in Brussels for a Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

He expressed that “It is with deep sadness that the Foreign Ministry confirms the death, today in Goma, of the Italian ambassador.”