US citizens face charges ‘punishable by death’ in alleged coup attempt in Congo
by Agence France-Presse in Kinshasa from on (#6NC5A)
Three US nationals on trial in Democratic Republic of Congo over events in May described as an attempted coup
More than 50 people, including three US citizens and a Belgian, have gone on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo over what the army has described as an attempted coup.
The actions of the three Americans were punishable by death", Judge Freddy Ehume told the military court in the DRC capital, Kinshasa.
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