Belgian mercenaries, killers of Mr Lumumba, dissolved his remains in acid, though some kept his teeth as macabre mementoes. Belgian authorities have returned a tooth of the Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba to his family, 61 years after he was murdered by agents of the former colonial power. The tooth is all that remains of Mr Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a fiery revolutionary who led his country’s campaign for independence from Belgium, a report by the Uk Guardian read.…
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