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So much emotion and rarefied silence. The coffins of Luca Attanasio and Vittorio Iacovacci entered the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, wrapped in the tricolor and carried on the shoulders of the men of the 13th Carabinieri regiment. At 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, the solemn state funeral of the murdered ambassador in the Congo began together with the carabiniere. In the church, the prime minister Mario draghiand ministers Lorenzo Guerini, Luigi Di Maio, Luciana Lamorgese, Giancarlo Giorgetti and the presidents of the House and Senate Roberto Fico and Maria Elisabetta Casellati. In the front row, in addition to the representatives of the highest Italian institutions, the wife of Luca Attanasio, Zakia Seddiki, who was holding one of his daughters in his arms. The mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi and the chiefs of staff of the armed forces. The cardinal held the state funeral in the basilica closed to the public Angelo De Donatis.
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Attanasio and Iacovacci, also Draghi at the funeral in Rome
The homily dedicated to Attanasio and Iacovacci
The ceremony was short, accompanied by the severe sound of the basilica’s organ, but very participatory. Some of Iacovacci’s colleagues were visibly moved. “There is anguish for too many men in love with money, who plan the death of their brother.” There are “the anguish of three families (the reference is to the third victim of the ambush in the Congo, the driver Mustapha milamboed.) and from two nations” Why “justice was once again neglected“. Luca and Vittorio« have been taken from this world by the clutches of stupid and fierce violence, which will bring more pain. Only evil comes from evil», The warning of the Pope’s vicar during the homily in which he recalled the commitment of the two men who voted their lives for a greater good. De Donatis also reported to the relatives the condolences of Pope Francis, then using the mask, He went to greet first the relatives of Attanasio and Iacovacci, then the authorities present, including Draghi.
Crowded Republic Square
After the homily, the policeman Salvatore di giorgio, read the prayer of the carabiniere “The Virgin believes”. At the end of the funeral, the coffins were escorted out of the basilica among the military honors executed by the carabinieri in full uniform and lined up in orderly rows in the crowded square who paid homage to Attanasio and Iacovacci with a long applause. Now the ambassador will return to Lombardy: tomorrow the funeral home is scheduled in the municipality where he resided, while Iacovacci will be escorted to his home in Supino en Ciociaria.
February 25, 2021 | 09:57
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