Patrice Lumumba: Why Belgium is returning a Congolese hero's golden tooth

Patrice Lumumba: Why Belgium is returning a Congolese hero's golden toothPatrice Lumumba: Why Belgium is returning a Congolese hero's golden tooth External link

Shot dead by a firing squad in 1961 with the tacit backing of former colonial power Belgium, his body was then buried in a shallow grave, dug up, transported 200km (125 miles), interred again, exhumed and then hacked to pieces and finally dissolved in acid.

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