The state funeral for Attanasio and Iacovacci. The priest: 'Anguish for disregarded justice'

State funeral for Ambassador Luca Attanasio and Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci killed in an ambush in Congo.

The caskets, wrapped in the tricolor, were transported to the church by the carabinieri of the 13th regiment, that of Iacovacci.

Prime Minister Mario Draghi, ministers Lorenzo Guerini, Luigi Di Maio, Luciana Lamorgese, Giancarlo Giorgetti and the presidents of the Chamber and Senate Roberto Fico and Maria Elisabetta Casellati, as well as the families of the disappeared, were present.

The church is closed to the public.

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In the front row, in addition to the representatives of the highest Italian institutions, among the families of the victims is the wife of Luca Attanasio, the girlfriend and the brother of Iacovacci.

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrates the state funeral of the two Italians killed in an ambush in Congo.

"

There is anguish for too many men enamored by money, plotting the death of their brother

".

There is "anguish" because

justice is "disregarded"

.

Luca Attanasio and Vittorio Iacovacci "were snatched from this world by the claws of ferocious violence, which will bring more pain. From evil comes only more evil".

Thus the Pope's vicar Angelo De Donatis in his homily during the state funeral of the ambassador of Congo Luca Attanasio and of the carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci, killed in an ambush in Congo.

Cardinal De Donatis also brought the condolences of Pope Francis

.

The diplomatic staff of the Foreign Ministry wanted to honor his colleague and friend Luca Attanasio and the carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci killed in an ambush in Congo.

At the start of the state funeral, the diplomats,

who were unable to attend the function in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome due to the quota caused by Covid

, went down to the square in front of the Farnesina and gathered in silence.

Spaced out and with a mask, many took part in the initiative.

State funeral for Attanasio and Iacovacci in Rome, coffins wrapped in the tricolor

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