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Luca Attanasio, his bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci and their
driver Mustapha Milambo were killed on Feb. 22, 2021, during a
botched kidnapping on a road in eastern Congo as they were
heading toward a World Food Programme (WFP) project.
The source said prosecutors were seeking a trial for Rocco Leone
and Mansour Luguru Rwagaza, who at the time of the attack were
respectively the deputy chief of WFP in DR Congo and a security
officer. They were also part of the convoy that was targeted by
kidnappers, but survived the ordeal.
According to prosecutors, the pair acted with negligence as they
lied to the U.N. security office that authorised the trip,
omitting to disclose that a diplomat and his bodyguard were part
of their convoy.
This was because the disclosure should have been done at least
72 hours ahead of time and it was too late to do so, according
to a statement prosecutors issued in February, when they wrapped
up their investigation.
A judge now has to decide whether to accept the request for a
trial or drop charges. Neither the Rome-based WFP nor lawyers
for the two staffers responded to requests for comment from
Reuters.
(Reporting by Emilio Parodi and Marco Carta, writing by Alvise
Armellini; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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