Congo investigating vandalism at site of tooth believed to belong to Lumumba


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  • Wednesday, 20 Nov 2024

(Reuters) - Congo has opened an investigation into vandalism on Monday evening at the mausoleum housing the tooth - thought to be the only known remains - of independence hero Patrice Lumumba, the culture ministry said on Tuesday.

Lumumba, the Central African country's first democratically elected prime minister after independence from Belgium in 1960, was assassinated by a firing squad in 1961 after his government, which lasted only three months, was overthrown.

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