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Images of the Italian embassy in Kinshasa after Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed when a UN convoy came under attack in the country's troubled east. IMAGES
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb 22 (EFE-EPA), (Camera: EFE).- Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed Monday following an armed attack on a United Nations convoy he was traveling with in the country’s restive east. Italy’s foreign ministry confirmed the death of Ambassador Luca Attanasio and an Italian security guard as a result of the attack near the city of Goma.Both victims were traveling with the UN’s DRC mission, MONUSCO, according to the ministry.FOOTAGE IN THE NATIONAL PARK IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Images show the outside of a United Nations peacekeeping base and a hospital where the body of the Italian ambassador was taken after he was killed in an attack. On a field visit with the World Food Programme (WFP) north of Goma, the ambassador and his convoy were targeted by unidentified armed men. IMAGES
Images of the burnt-out bus in which two people lost their lives after petrol bomb attack in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. Five other people were seriously injured, according to the Minister of the Interior. IMAGES
People gather in Moscow ahead of the funeral of a high-profile military blogger and staunch supporter of Moscow's assault on Ukraine, Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second city, Saint Petersburg, on April 2nd. IMAGES
People attend the burial of three of the four children killed by a 25-year-old man who burst into a preschool in southern Brazil. The attacker, who jumped a wall to get inside, also wounded four other children, who are now hospitalised. IMAGES