Belgian ex-diplomat dies before standing trial over 1961 murder of Congolese leader

Étienne Davignon, 93, was last living person targeted in investigation into assassination of DRC’s first PM, Patrice Lumumba A 93-year-old Belgian former diplomat who in March year became the first person to be charged in the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba has died before he could stand trial. The death of Étienne Davignon, an aristocrat who served as a European commissioner during a decades-long career as one of Belgium’s leading diplomats and industrialists, was confirmed by the...

By Reuters in Brussels