1 December 1960
Capture near Port Francqui
Troops loyal to Mobutu capture Lumumba during his attempted journey eastward.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Port Francqui in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Troops loyal to Mobutu capture Lumumba during his attempted journey eastward.
Provenance
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