Congo sentences six to life in prison for Italian envoy's death

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

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. Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to Congo since 2017, was one of three people killed in February 2021 in an ambush on a World Food Program convoy that was traveling from Goma, Congo’s eastern regional capital…

DR Congo: 6 jailed for life over killing of Italian envoy – DW – 04/07/2023

Public prosecutors had originally sought the death penalty for the six accused. Three people, including Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio, were killed on February 22, 2021 in an ambush on a UN convoy in eastern Congo.

6 men given life sentences in Congo for killing of Italian ambassador

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. Luca Attanasio, Italy's ambassador to Congo since 2017, was one of three people killed in February 2021 in an ambush on a World Food Program convoy that was traveling from Goma, Congo’s eastern regional capital, to visit a WFP…

Life sentences in Congo for killing of Italian ambassador

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

Life sentences in Congo for killing of Italian ambassador

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Six men in Congo were sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the 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. Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to Congo since 2017, was one of three people killed in February 2021 in an ambush on a World Food Program convoy traveling from Goma, Co…

Life sentences in Congo for killing of Italian ambassador

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Six men in Congo were sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the 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. Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to Congo since 2017, was one of three people killed in February 2021 in an ambush on a World Food Program convoy traveling from Goma, Co…