Belgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader

Étienne Davignon is charged with participation in war crimes in relation to killing of then PM Patrice Lumumba A former Belgian diplomat , 93, should stand trial over alleged complicity in the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what was then the newly independent Congolese state, a Brussels court has ruled. Étienne Davignon, the only person still alive among 10 Belgians th