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Congo buries murdered independence hero Lumumba's only remains

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Patrice Lumumba is widely hailed as the nationalist activist who helped to end colonial rule. He became the country's first prime minister and was assassinated within a year in 1961. The ceremony for the interment of his remains comes after Belgium returned them to Congo earlier this month.

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BBC News

Patrice Lumumba: DR Congo buries tooth of independence hero

The tooth is all that remains of the murdered independence leader whose body was dissolved in acid.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

DRC buries independence hero Patrice Lumumba’s tooth, his only remains

Coffin containing tooth is buried in ceremony on 62nd anniversary of DRC’s independence

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Congo buries murdered independence hero Lumumba's only remains

The family of Democratic Republic of Congo's murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba buried his only known remains, a tooth, in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday, 61 years after his death at the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Remains of Congo's independence hero interred amid honors

A military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa Thursday June 30,

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

Remains of Congo's independence hero interred amid honors

The remains of Congo’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba will be laid to rest in Kinshasa Thursday

2 years ago·United States

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Congo buries murdered independence hero Lumumba's only remains

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The family of Democratic Republic of Congo's murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba buried his only known remains, a tooth, in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday, 61 years after his death at the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels. Read full story

2 years ago·Malaysia

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