Patrice Lumumba became Congolese leader when the country gained independence but was assassinated a short while later

Patrice Lumumba became Congolese leader when the country gained independence but was assassinated a short while later

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A Brussels court is to decide Tuesday whether a 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat should stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba.

Etienne Davignon, a one-time EU commissioner, is the only one still alive among 10 Belgians accused by the Congolese leader's family of complicity in the murder.

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