6 Men in Congo Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing of Italian Ambassador

U.N. peacekeepers secure the way as ambulances transport victims from the location where Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio was fatally attacked when the convoy he was traveling in came under attack near the village of Kibumba, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Feb. 22, 2021. Guerchom Ndebo/Getty Images

KINSHASA, Congo—Six men in Congo were sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the 2021 murder of Italy’s ambassador and two others.

The sentence was announced by a military tribunal in the capital, Kinshasa, following a six-month trial.