Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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Laurent-Désiré Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was assassinated in his office inside his official residence at the Palais de Marbre, Kinshasa on 16 January 2001. The assassin who killed him was his 18-year-old bodyguard named Rashidi Mizele, who has also been previously identified as Rashidi Kasereka. Mizele was later shot dead. It was believed that some former child soldiers (kadogos) were part of this plan.
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2001 murder in Kinshasa, DR Congo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Laurent-D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Kabila
date created:
2020-12-17T04:42:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T18:45:54Z
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