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Murder of Luca Attanasio, the Glossary

Luca Attanasio, the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was killed on 22 February 2021 along with two other people when a World Food Programme (WFP) delegation travelling on a field visit was attacked by armed individuals.^[1]

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English (AJE; lit) is a 24-hour English-language news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partially funded by the government of Qatar.

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Ambush

An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by people lying in wait in a concealed position.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Carabinieri

The Carabinieri (also,; formally Arma dei Carabinieri, "Arm of Carabineers"; previously Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali, "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign policing duties.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda

The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda, FDLR) (IDKR) is an armed rebel group active in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Félix Tshisekedi

Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 24 January 2019.

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Goma

Goma (from the Kongo ng'oma or ngoma: ritual drum carved from solid wood, used by the Bantus) is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Il Fatto Quotidiano

(English: "The Daily Fact") is an Italian daily newspaper owned by Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. and published in Rome.

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Il Mattino

Il Mattino (English: "The Morning") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Naples, Italy.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful abduction and confinement of a person against their will.

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L'Express

(stylized in all caps) is a French weekly news magazine headquartered in Paris.

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La Stampa

(English: "The Press") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin with an average circulation of 87,143 copies in May 2023.

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Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted criminals are to remain in prison for the rest of their natural lives (or until pardoned, paroled, or commuted to a fixed term).

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List of ambassadors of Italy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Luca Attanasio

Luca Attanasio (23 May 1977 – 22 February 2021) was an Italian diplomat who served as the ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2017 until his murder there in 2021. Murder of Luca Attanasio and Luca Attanasio are Deaths by firearm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo–Italy relations.

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Luigi Di Maio

Luigi Di Maio (born 6 July 1986) is an Italian and --> politician who has been serving as EU Special Representative for the Gulf region since 1 June 2023.

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Mario Draghi

Mario Draghi (born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker, statesman and civil servant who served as the prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022.

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Mass shooting

A mass shooting is a violent crime in which one or more attackers kill or injure multiple individuals simultaneously using a firearm.

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Military aircraft

A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary military of any type.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Italy.

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National Road 2 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

National Road No.

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North Kivu

North Kivu (Jimbo la Kivu Kaskazini in Swahili) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis (Franciscus; Francesco; Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

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President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Président de la République démocratique du Congo, Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Lingala: Mokonzi wa Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki) is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

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Repatriation

Repatriation is the return of a thing or person to its or their country of origin, respectively.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Rutshuru

Rutshuru is a town located in the North Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is headquarters of an administrative district, the Rutshuru Territory.

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Shootout

A shootout, also called a firefight, gunfight, or gun battle, is a armed confrontation entailing firearms between armed parties using guns, always entailing intense disagreement(s) between the fighting parties.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Turin

Turin (Torino) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Luca_Attanasio

Also known as Assassination of Luca Attanasio, Killing of Luca Attanasio, Mustapha Milambo, Mwilanya Asani William, Vittorio Iacovacci.

Murder of Luca Attanasio, the Glossary

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See also

2021 in the United Nations

2021 mass shootings in Africa

2021 murders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ambushes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Attacks on diplomatic missions

Deaths by firearm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Deaths by person in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations

Democratic Republic of the Congo–Italy relations

February 2021 crimes in Africa

Italy and the United Nations

Kidnapping in Africa

Kidnapping in the 2020s

North Kivu

Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2021

Terrorist incidents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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