Italienska il Giornale har en längre artikel här om dådet vilket verkar som att det finns reportrar på plats, öppna i Google Chrome och tryck översätt till engelska :
https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/mondo/lagguato-condotto-sette-uomini-armati-ecco-com-morto-1925939.html
Dådet skedde en bit från Goma där också Zaida Catalan och Michael Sharp sköts till döds.
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The ambush led by seven armed men, that's how the ambassador to Congo died
The convoy traveled on the road connecting Goma with the interior regions in North Kivu. A commando of seven armed men blocked the vehicle where the ambassador was traveling with the carabiniere, also involved a third Italian who, however, would now be in good health
The convoy proceeded swiftly from Goma , one of the most important locations in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the city of Rutshuru . Then, suddenly, blocks appeared along the road, perhaps stones.
Eldstriden som inleddes av sju beväpnade män blev dödlig. Konvojen tillhörde WFP:
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The firefight in the forest was fatal, even a third Italian involved
This is the first reconstruction of the ambush that led to the death of the two Italians. The convoy belonged to the WFP , or the World Food Program. It was not, however, as described at first, of the Monusco mission , the UN operation allocated in Congo since 2010. The convoy was transporting food from Goma to other locations along the N2 road, the artery that from Lake Kivu where the capital is located, it enters the interior of the North Kivu region.
Stenar och andra hinder hade placerats för att hindra konvojens framfart:
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Assault on a UN convoy: Italian ambassador killed
A strip of asphalt at the ends of which there are vast forests that constitute the perfect refuge for the militiamen engaged in the war for control of North Kivu. At the height of a village located on the slopes of Mount Nyiragongo , the ambush was triggered.
The convoy was stopped by the stones placed along the N2. Within a few minutes, at least seven armed militiamen appeared from the sides of the roadway and attacked the vehicles of the UN mission in which Ambassador Luca Attanasio was traveling.
To provide this reconstruction were some sources contacted by InfoAfrica . The attackers would have first brought down the occupants of the vehicle. In total, the convoy was traveling with seven people, plus the driver. Among the passengers, there were at least three Italians: the two victims plus another compatriot who was able to escape from the grip of the kidnappers. After letting out all the people on board, the criminals shot in the direction of the driver , the Congolese Mustapha Milambo , the first victim of this dramatic Monday. The sounds of gunshots attracted the attention of both the inhabitants of a neighboring village and the Rangers of Virunga park .
The militiamen at that point brought the seven kidnapped into the forest. The Rangers, having identified the members of the criminal group, opened fire. The two Italians would have died during this phase: the brief but intense conflict between militiamen and security forces would have fatally involved the ambassador Attanasio and the carabiniere. A circumstance also confirmed by a reconstruction by the Kinshasa Interior Ministry.
The third Italian involved would be in good health, even if the Congolese media have not specified how he managed to free himself from the militiamen. The latter may still be on the run after escaping during the firefight. Mystery about the fate of the other three occupants of the convoy, perhaps three Congolese of whom there is no news at the moment.
Här följer hypoteserna om morden:
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The hypotheses on the nature of the ambush
According to sources contacted by InfoAfrica, the modalities of the ambush lead to two investigative tracks: an attempted theft of foodstuffs carried out by a gang of criminals or an ambush carried out by one of the militia groups active in the region. Following this last trail, the hypothesis of an attempted kidnapping of the ambassador ended up in blood could take hold .
No one has claimed the action at the moment. Intelligence sources told AdnKronos in the early afternoon that there would be at least one survivor in the ambush. It could be the third Italian, an employee of an international organization based in Congo. It would have been the Italian citizen who declared that he had heard the members of the group that carried out the attack against the convoy speak in Swahili and Kinyarwanda.
Details that, according to the secret services, would make local authorities tend to attribute the responsibility for the attack to the Rwandan Democratic Forces ( Fdlr ). It is one of the groups active in the guerrilla warfare that has been upsetting North Kivu for years, made up mainly of Hutu militiamen. The assailants are reportedly wanted, having managed to escape after the firefight.
At the same point in 2018, two British tourists, released a few days later, were kidnapped by FDLR militiamen. Also in Virunga park, a commando of 60 members of the Rwandan Forces attacked a patrol of rangers in April 2020, killing 20 people.
The Pam convoy was not escorted by vehicles from the Monusco mission. This is because the area was considered safe: "In any case - General Marco Bertolini pointed out to AdnKronos - the ambassador did not move alone but had a carabiniere with him, unfortunately both died".
Ytteligare artiklar finns på AdKronos:
https://www.adnkronos.com/
Kommentarerna om detta dåd är rätt så cyniska om att här var det bara en handfull som strök med. Det brukar nämligen handla om dussintals, med fler än 50-60 döda i dessa gerilladåd. Hela byar slaktas, och boskapen stjäls. Och det händer av och till, i samma område runt Goma.
Miltären och Polisen går dock mycket hårt åt dessa gerillaband, när de väl får tag i dem, de tar ytterst sällan fångar.