Briton and Americans among 37 given death sentence over DRC coup attempt

Source: The Guardian

Briton and Americans among 37 given death sentence over DRC coup attempt

Son of opposition figure who led botched attempt in May is among three Americans sentenced to death

Nadeem Badshah
Fri 13 Sep 2024 19.22 BST
Last modified on Fri 13 Sep 2024 19.38 BST

A Briton and three Americans are among 37 people sentenced to death on Friday over an attempt to overthrow the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Six people were killed during the botched coup attempt led by the opposition figure Christian Malanga on 19 May that targeted the presidential palace and a close ally of President Félix Tshisekedi.

Armed men first attacked the parliamentary speaker Vital Kamerhe’s home in Kinshasa, then briefly occupied an office of the presidency, before Malanga, a US-based Congolese politician, was killed by security forces.

Malanga was shot while resisting arrest soon after live-streaming the attack on his social media, the Congolese army said.

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