Gérard Soete

Gérard Soete was a Belgian officer involved in the brutal assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo's first democratically elected Prime Minister. He is infamously known for keeping a tooth from Lumumba's corpse as a trophy, symbolizing the colonial cruelty and moral decay associated with the actions of Western powers during the Cold War. His role in Lumumba's execution reflects the lengths to which imperial interests would go to maintain control over Africa's resources.