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Belgium returns Congo independence hero’s tooth to family

A performer sings during a ceremony to return the remains of Patrice Lumumba to his family at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba were handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (Nicholas Maeterlinck, Pool Photo via AP) Protocol members prepare to cover the casket with the mortal remains of Patrice Lumumba with a Congolese flag during a ceremony at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba were handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) A woman wipes her eyes during a ceremony to return the mortal remains of Patrice Lumumba at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) Workers stand by a memorial built to the memory of Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba, in Kinshasa, Monday, June 20, 2022. Belgian authorities returned a gold-capped tooth belonging to Lumumba, as the former colonial power continues to confront its bloody past and look toward reconciliation. The restitution of the relic took place after Belgium's King Philippe earlier this month expressed his "deepest regrets" for his nation's abuses in its African former colony, Congo, which is 75 times the size of Belgium.. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) Congo's former prime minister Patrice Lumumba, center right, with hands tied behind his back, sits in a truck upon arrival at Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) Airport in Congo, Dec. 2, 1960, following his arrest the previous day. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo, File) Portrait of independence leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba during a press conference in Leopoldville (today Kinshasa), Congo, on June 16, 1960. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo, File) The children of Patrice Lumumba, from left, Roland, Juliana and Francois, stand next to the casket with the mortal remains of Patrice Lumumba during a ceremony at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba were handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) A woman wipes her eyes during a ceremony to return the mortal remains of Patrice Lumumba at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) Congo's former prime minister Patrice Lumumba, center right, with hands tied behind his back, sits in a truck upon arrival at Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) Airport in Congo, Dec. 2, 1960, following his arrest the previous day. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo, File) Portrait of independence leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba during a press conference in Leopoldville (today Kinshasa), Congo, on June 16, 1960. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo, File) Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, left, greets Democratic Republic of the Congo Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde as he arrives for a ceremony at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool) Belgium's King Philippe, left, speaks with the children of Congo's former prime minister Patrice Lumumba, from right, Francois and Roland, at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Belgium's King Philippe, second left, greets the children of Congo's former prime minister Patrice Lumumba, from left, Juliana, Francois and Roland at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) The children of Patrice Lumumba, from left, Francois, Roland and Juliana arrive for a ceremony at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool) Juliana Lumumba, the daughter of Patrice Lumumba, speaks with the media as she arrives for a ceremony at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool) Roland Lumumba, the son of Patrice Lumumba, left, speaks with the media as he arrives for a ceremony at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)
Belgium returns Congo independence hero’s tooth to family