ROME—Italy paid tribute to its ambassador to Congo and his bodyguard who were killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy, honoring them with a state funeral and prayers for peace in Congo and all nations “torn by war and violence.”
Carabinieri paramilitary police carry the caskets of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo Luca Attanasio and Italian Carabinieri police officer Vittorio Iacovacci, draped with the Italian flag, at the end of their state, in Rome's Santa Maria degli Angeli Church, on Feb. 25, 2021. Andrew Medichini/AP Photo/
