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The 1893 Luluabourg Massacre: Belgium's Colonial War Crime
In 1893, the Congo Free State's Force Publique, under the command of Belgian officers, carried out a massacre in the village of Luluabourg in the Kasai region. This episode examines the events of March 1893, when Belgian-led troops, armed with modern rifles and machine guns, attacked the local Bena Lulua population, killing hundreds in retaliation for resistance against rubber collection quotas. We discuss the background of the Luluabourg massacre, including King Leopold II's rubber terror, the role of the Force Publique commander Charles Lemaire, and the subsequent cover-up by…
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