The Rome preliminary hearing judge has ruled that no further proceedings should be held for the two employees of the World Food Program (WFP), a UN agency, involved in the prosecutor's investigation linked to the death of the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio
and the carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci, killed in Congo on February 22.
As highlighted by the Farnesina, diplomatic immunity exists for the two defendants, according to custom, and this led to the judge's decision for Rocco Leone and Mansour Luguru Rwagaza who were accused of manslaughter.
Lack of jurisdiction recognized.
The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office will appeal to the Court of Appeal to challenge the preliminary hearing judge's decision
which ruled that the two employees of the World Food Program (WFP), a UN agency, involved in the investigation linked to the death should not be prosecuted. of the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and the carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci, killed in Congo on 22 February 2021. The prosecutors of Piazzale Clodio, based on what we learn, will follow all the paths that the criminal law provides to guarantee the two Italian citizens and their families the protection of their rights.
"There is strong disappointment and bitterness. We take note of the sentence and await the next steps from the Prosecutor's Office."
This is the comment of the family members of the carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci, killed in Congo on 22 February 2021 together with ambassador Luca Attanasio, in light of the decision of the Rome preliminary hearing judge which ruled that the two WFP employees accused of murder should not be prosecuted negligent.
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