How did Patrice Lumumba die?: Quick Facts

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In 2010 Belgian lawyers sought to bring war-crimes charges against Belgian officials and military officers believed to have been involved in the murder of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, who was assassinated in January 1961, just months after this photo was taken.

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