ROME – The United Nations Entire world Food items Programme (WFP) has expressed its deepest sympathy and condolences to the relatives, colleagues and close friends of three individuals killed, nowadays, in an assault on a delegation travelling on a area visit in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
A number of other passengers travelling with the delegation sustained accidents during the attack.
The a few fatalities have been discovered as the Italian Ambassador to DRC, Luca Attanasio, an Italian embassy formal, and a WFP driver.
The delegation was travelling from Goma to take a look at a WFP university feeding programme in Rutshuru when the incident took position.
WFP will perform with nationwide authorities to determine the aspects at the rear of the assault, which happened on a road that experienced earlier been cleared for travel without stability escorts.
WFP is in close contact with the Italian authorities through its places of work at its Rome headquarters and in the DRC.
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