Patrice Lumumba

Belgium to return slain DR Congo leader’s tooth by June

The tooth had been seized from a Belgian policeman who by his own account took it while helping to dispose of Lumumba’s body after the charismatic leader was murdered in 1961
President Felix Tshisekedi, in a state of the nation address before parliament, said the tooth would be returned in time for independence anniversary celebrations on June 30

By AFP · 14 December 2020