Congo rebels who later drank her blood after she served them ‘forbidden fish’.
Crowds cheered when the woman was dragged naked through the streets of Luebo to her
death after
Crowds cheered when the woman was dragged naked through the streets of Luebo to her
death after
the rebel leader sentenced her and her step-son who served the fish in their family restaurant.
The Kamuina Nsapu
The Kamuina Nsapu
rebel fighters stop having sex, washing themselves, eating meat and fish when they enter battle
and they believed eating the meal had removed their protection. Video footage has surfaced
on Whatsapp after it was circulated after being filmed on April 8. Luebo resident told France
24: ‘They said she gave them beans that contained pieces of a small, local fish. Onlookers
cheered and shouted during the executions in the Congo ‘
Convinced that she had broken their
Convinced that she had broken their
protection charms, the council of rebels led by a man named Kabata sentenced both the
woman and the son of her husband’s second wife [the young man was also working there that
day] to commit incest in public.’ The rebels, after the public rape, beheaded the woman and
the
young man, believed to be in his 20s, with machetes, several then drank their blood. The
bodies were left on show in the town centre before being moved to a local cemetery. The
killings took place when the rebels held Luebo, which has a population of 40,000, for 20 days
from March 31 before the Congolese army forced them out. During their short grip on power
they killed about ten people, including two police officers and Luebo’s administrator as well
as burned buildings, took over the local church and banned people from working and school.
The Kamuina Nsapu are infamous for decapitating victims and putting their heads in ‘sacred
fires’. The rebel movement crystalised when tribal chief Kamuina Nsapu was killed by the
Congolese army in August 2016. His death sparked widespread violence and horrific crimes
including rapes, torture and the use of child soldiers. The violence has claimed more than
3,300 lives, according to the influential Roman Catholic Church, and displaced 1.4 million
people with both the Government backed militia and the rebels accused of atrocities.
The Kamuina Nsapu are infamous for decapitating victims and putting their heads in ‘sacred
fires’.
day] to commit incest in public.’ The rebels, after the public rape, beheaded the woman and
the
young man, believed to be in his 20s, with machetes, several then drank their blood. The
bodies were left on show in the town centre before being moved to a local cemetery. The
killings took place when the rebels held Luebo, which has a population of 40,000, for 20 days
from March 31 before the Congolese army forced them out. During their short grip on power
they killed about ten people, including two police officers and Luebo’s administrator as well
as burned buildings, took over the local church and banned people from working and school.
The Kamuina Nsapu are infamous for decapitating victims and putting their heads in ‘sacred
fires’. The rebel movement crystalised when tribal chief Kamuina Nsapu was killed by the
Congolese army in August 2016. His death sparked widespread violence and horrific crimes
including rapes, torture and the use of child soldiers. The violence has claimed more than
3,300 lives, according to the influential Roman Catholic Church, and displaced 1.4 million
people with both the Government backed militia and the rebels accused of atrocities.
fires’.
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