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According to sources contacted by the To printIn 2018, the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio, assassinated last Monday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, would have asked that his escort be doubled, but would have received the refusal of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There To print He wrote that the Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request to confirm the news.
According to To print, in 2018, a year after arriving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Attanasio would have realized that he was operating in a very dangerous area and would have sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that the bodyguard he had at his disposal – consist of two carabinieri – doubled. The request was also made on the basis that, before Attanasio’s arrival in the country, the Italian ambassador to the Congo had an escort of four people. Attanasio then asked to return to the previous situation. There To print writes that the ministry sent its inspector to assess the situation, and then decided to reject the request.
The issue of the bodyguard and security of Attanasio has been at the center of several debates in recent days. The road on which the attack took place, between Goma and Rutshuru, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was deemed safe by the UN despite having been the scene of other attacks in the past. For this reason, the Italian government asked the UN to prepare a detailed report on the incident.
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