Beni: one sentenced to death

12 July 2018 :

10 May 2017: the military operational Court of North Kivu condemned four persons to sentences ranging from two years in prison to the death penalty. These persons were prosecuted by Congolese justice in the context of the massacres of civilians perpetrated by alleged Ugandan rebels ADF in Beni in 2016.
Among the four convicted figure Mapoli Ahemmad, a 33-year-old ADF fighter, the only one sentenced to capital punishment.
In his verdict, the military court indicated that he had held the heaviest sentence against the accused because he was convicted of several crimes, including participation in a insurrectional movement, association of Criminals, murder, murder and theft of weapons.
(Source: 12/5/2017)
 

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