Ambassador wife killed in Congo, thank you for a good initiative
(ANSA) – MILAN, JUN 01 – Milan remembers Luca Attanasio, the young Italian ambassador killed on 22 February 2021 in Congo during a humanitarian mission, with a plaque in his memory in the Ravizza gardens, a stone’s throw from the Bocconi University where he was graduated and from the neighborhood where he had lived before starting his career. The plaque, commissioned by the Municipality and discovered by the mayor Giuseppe Sala together with Luca’s parents, his widow, Zakia Seddiki, and his three daughters, commemorates the ambassador “who fell in the fulfillment of his duty” and describes him as “a servant of the State to protect human rights “.
“This plaque aims to remember the infinite good that Luca did during his too short life – recalled the mayor -. Every day, at the Ravizza park, thousands of young people who attend Bocconi pass by as he had done. Our hope is that Luke’s example can strengthen the values of peace, solidarity and humanism in them and in our community: it is the best way to remember his commitment to others “.
The Pd MEP Pierfrancesco Majorino also took part in the inauguration of the plaque, who reiterated the appeal that also came from the European Parliament “to ask for truth and justice on the death of Luca Attanasio, without looking at anyone. Luca united authority. and simplicity, a sense of state and proximity. He was a diplomat at work, not a man of the parlor but of relationships with people. We need this today. “
The widow Zakia thanked the city of Milan “for this beautiful initiative. Remembering him in Milan in this garden he frequented when he was studying confirms that Italy loves him – he concluded -. Luca left a beautiful message for young people, children, for the our little girls and we must continue on this path “. (HANDLE).