EU official and his wife killed in Morocco

BRUSSELS, Sep 18 (Reuters) An Italian working for the European Commission in Morocco and his Belgian wife have been killed in Rabat, the Commission said today.

Alessandro Missir di Lusignano, an Italian official attached to the Commission's delegation in Morocco, and his wife Arianne Lagasse de Locht, a Belgian citizen were killed and their home in Rabat robbed last night, the Commission said.

''We are profoundly shocked by this horrific attack and expressed our condolences to the four children of the victims, their families and friends,'' European Union External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said in a statement.

Moroccan police have pledged a thorough investigation into the killing, the Commission said.

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