Congolese military defendant Colonel Mike Mikombe Kalamba leaves after a court hearing for the murder of 56 civilians during a demonstration against MONUSCO and EACR.A Congolese colonel has been found guilty of murder and other crimes related to the August killing of 56 people during an army crackdown on anti-United Nations demonstrations in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local court said.
He was sentenced to death, but the death penalty is no longer applied in Congo and is generally commuted to life imprisonment.Three other soldiers were sentenced to 10 years of servitude. Mikombe’s deputy and another soldier were acquitted. An anti-Monusco protest in July 2022 resulted in more than 15 deaths, including three peacekeepers in Goma and the city of Butembo.
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