DRC sentences 37, including three Americans, to death for coup attempt
Major Freddy Ehume , the president of the Kinshasa Gombe Garrison Military Tribunal, reads the verdict to defendants accused of a failed coup, on 13 September 2024. The group was found guilty of conspiracy and terrorism, among other charges.
His son, Marcel Malanga, was among the Americans on trial, along with Marcel's friend, Tyler Thompson, who played high school football with him in Utah. Both are in their 20s.All three were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, terrorism and other charges, and sentenced to death in a ruling read on live TV.
"We understand that the legal process in the DRC allows for defendants to appeal the court's decision," he told a briefing.
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