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Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo was killed in an armed attack.
According to diplomatic circles in Kinshasa, ambassador Luca Attanasio died on Monday after an attack on a convoy of the World Food Program near the city of Goma in the east of the country.
According to an army spokesman, there were two other dead in the attack.
The Italian Foreign Ministry has now confirmed the ambassador's death.
The attack was part of an attempt to kidnap UN personnel, the Reuters news agency reported, citing local officials.
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