One of the two coffins containing the bodies of the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and his bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci, who were killed in an attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is carried by Carabinieri officers inside Santa Maria degli Angeli church before their funeral, in Rome, Italy, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Thursday held a state funeral on Thursday for its ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and his bodyguard killed in an ambush that a cardinal said should prompt everyone to "hear the cry" of a people devastated by violence.
Luca Attanasio, 43, and Vittorio Iacovacci, 30, were shot dead after being kidnapped while travelling in a United Nations' World Food Programme convoy to visit a school feeding project on Monday. WFP driver Mustapha Milambo was also killed.
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