Although the internment of a solitary tooth placed in a huge coffin was supposed to bring closure to a horrific execution committed 60 years ago, it opened wounds of the rape, killing and plunder and international conspiracy.
Yesterday, the gold tooth that had been stolen by Belgium Police Commissioner Gerald Soete after he sliced up Patrice Lumumba, the first Congo Prime Minister and dissolved his body in sulphuric acid was given a “decent burial”.