DR Congo military court upholds nine death sentences

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 29, 2022 12:00 am

Bunia, DR Congo: Eight soldiers and one civilian in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn northeast have had death sentences for murder and embezzlement confirmed, court documents showed Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

In a case at Bunia high military court, two colonels, three other soldiers and a civilian were on Monday given capital punishment for murdering two Chinese gold workers.

A member of the Un Jour Nouveau organization holds a child during a Christmas activity in Kanyarushinya on Dec. 24, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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