A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Friday sentenced six men to life in prison for murdering Italy's ambassador in 2021. ManilaBulletin
Public prosecutors had originally sought the death penalty for the six accused calling them members of a "criminal gang".
The defendants, who were arrested in January 2022, denied any wrongdoing and said their initial confessions were extracted through torture.
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