The United Nations (UN) secretary general Antonio Guterres has condemned DRC attack that killed Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and two others on Monday.
He has called on the DRC government to investigate the matter critically and ensure that justice has been served.
"The government of the DRC should investigate swiftly this heinous targeting of a United Nations joint field mission and to bring the perpetrators to justice," Guterres said in a statement.
The UN Secretary General expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the deceased, as well as to the governments of Italy and the DRC.
He also expressed his full solidarity with the WFP colleagues and the entire United Nations team in DRC, emphasizing that UN will continue supporting the DRC government and the people in their efforts to bring about peace and stability in the east of the country.
Italy's ambassador to DRC Luca Attanasio and two other people were killed on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in eastern Congo.
The Italian foreign ministry issued a statement confirming that the Italian ambassador and a military policeman traveling with him were killed.
In a statement, the acting head of the UN peacekeeping mission in DRC, MONUSCO, said that the news of the attack "devastated" him.
According to Deputy Special Representative David McLachlan-Karr, "those responsible...must be identified and prosecuted with the utmost determination."
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda also condemned the attack saying that attacks on humanitarian or peacekeeping convoys may constitute crimes under Rome Statute.
She said, “I call on the authorities to fully investigate this incident and bring those responsible to justice.”
The Africa Union Commission (AUC) chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat joined the other leaders in condemning the attack.
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