On 22 February 2021, a World Food Program (WFP) convoy of three vehicles, carrying a total of 7 people,[7] of the MONUSCO, the United Nations mission for the stabilization of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in which Luca Attanasio was travelling, was attacked by armed individuals.[8] The convoy was travelling in North Kivu, from the province's capital of Goma to a WFP school feeding programme in Rutshuru, a town 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Goma, on a route that would have taken the vehicles through Virunga National Park.[7] The attack occurred near the townships of Kibumba[9] and Kanyamahoro.[4] The WFP has stated the attack occurred on a road that had previously been cleared for travel without security escorts.[10]