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Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Assassination_of_Patrice_Lumumba
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:murder
gptkbp:acknowledgedBy
gptkb:Belgian_government_(2002)
King Philippe of Belgium (2022)
gptkbp:aftermath
body dissolved in acid
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Lumumba_Day_(Congo)
statues and memorials
gptkbp:date
17 January 1961
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
major event in Congolese history
symbol of anti-colonial struggle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
gptkbp:investigatedBy
gptkb:Belgian_parliamentary_inquiry
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Katanga,_Congo
gptkbp:method
execution by firing squad
gptkbp:other_victims
gptkb:Joseph_Okito
gptkb:Maurice_Mpolo
gptkbp:perpetrator
gptkb:Moïse_Tshombe
gptkb:Congolese_authorities
Belgian government (complicity)
Belgian officers
Katangan secessionists
United States government (complicity)
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Mobutu_Sese_Seko
gptkb:Congo_Crisis
gptkb:Belgian_Congo
gptkbp:victim
gptkb:Patrice_Lumumba
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Belgian_independence_of_Congo_(1960)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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