A Brussels court has ordered 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat Etienne Davignon to stand trial for his alleged involvement in the assassination of Congo’s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, in 1961. Davignon is accused of war crimes and complicity in the unlawful detention and execution of Lumumba and his allies. This trial marks the first legal proceedings related to Lumumba’s murder, following a 2002 investigation that deemed Belgium morally responsible for his death.
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