Congo will execute more than 170 people convicted of armed robbery, official says

Congo will execute more than 170 people convicted of armed robbery, official says

More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo’s capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congolese authorities said.
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Congo abolished the death sentence in 1981, but it was reinstated in 2006.
The last execution took place in 2003.

In March 2024, the Congolese government announced the resumption of capital punishment in cases of treason by military personnel.

© AP News

 

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