The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo holds the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda responsible for the attack on the Italian ambassador.
On the evening of the 22nd local time, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo determined that the Rwandan anti-government armed Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda was responsible for the attack on the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Earlier on the 22nd, Luca Atanasio, the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the World Food Programme convoy were on his way to a school in North Kivu, Congo. The vehicle was attacked, killing three people, together with another official of the Italian Embassy and a driver.