source: UN Panel of Experts; Deutsche Welle; BBC News; AP; AFP; La Libre Afrique; Aid Worker Security Database; Kivu Security Tracker
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-) Virunga National Park
location: Kibumba
notes: On 22 February 2021, two groups of unidentified armed men (suspected FDLR) clashed against the police of Virunga National Park/ICCN in an area called the 'three antennae', near Kibumba (Nyiragongo, Nord-Kivu). During the clashes, a UN/WFP convoy of 7 people was ambushed, which resulted in the killing of Italy's Ambassador to the DRC, his Italian police officer, as well as a WFP Congolese driver. 4 people were also abducted during the attack, including 1 UN agency country director who was critically injured and evacuated to a hospital in Goma. The convoy was traveling to a WFP school feeding program in Rutshuru when the incident took place. 2-6 suspects, presumably connected to the event, were arrested around 18 January.