Dhaka: The colleagues of the Netherlands Embassy on Tuesday urged law-enforcement agencies to promptly investigate the barbaric killing of an Italian citizen and bring the perpetrators to justice.

‘We strongly condemn this violent attack and urge the law-enforcement agencies to promptly investigate this barbaric aggression and bring the perpetrators to justice,’ the Embassy said in a Facebook post.

The embassy staff expressed their condolences and sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of Cesare Tavella, gunned down here on Monday.

Cesare Tavella was employed by the Netherlands-based NGO ICCO and was managing a food security project financed by the Netherlands Embassy.

‘He started his work in May 2015, he did an amazing job. He was well respected and liked,’ the Facebook post said.