(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 19 - Two men were arrested yesterday in the Democratic Republic of Congo accused of killing the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio, in an ambush in the north of Goma last February, in an attempt to kidnap him. The AP reported on its website yesterday after the images of 6 men sitting on the ground and in handcuffs surrounded by armed local agents were released yesterday.
The commander of the police of the North Kivu province, Aba Van Ang, had introduced them as members of "three criminal groups who bloodied Goma", one of whom was responsible for the death of Attanasio, the carabinieri Vittorio Iacovacci and the Congolese driver of Pam Mustafa Milambo . The other four arrested are accused of attacking other humanitarian workers in the region, adds the PA.
Also according to the commander, the "mind" and material author of the murder of Attanasio, a man known by the name of Aspirant, is still on the run.
The group wanted to kidnap the Italian diplomat to demand a ransom of one million dollars in exchange for his release, he added.
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