Laurent Kabila: DR Congo frees soldiers linked to assassination
BBC News Published image captionCol Eddy Kapend was a senior officer to assassinated President Laurent Kabila Twenty-three soldiers accused of being behind the assassination of former president of Democratic Republic of Congo have been released after spending nearly two decades behind bars. Laurent Kabila was shot dead by a bodyguard in 2001. A military trial that followed jailed dozens of soldiers, including Col Eddy Kapend, his personal aide. Rights groups criticised the trial. Some in DR Congo believe the soldiers were used as scapegoats. There has been much speculation about who gave th...
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