(Reuters) – Two U.S. citizens on trial for their role in a coup attempt in Democratic Republic of Congo led by a Congolese politician were sentenced to death by a military court on Friday.
Armed men briefly occupied an office of the presidency in the capital Kinshasa on May 19 before their leader, U.S.-based Congolese politician Christian Malanga, was killed by security forces.
Malanga’s son, one of the U.S. citizens sentenced to death, had previously told the court that his father threatened to kill him unless he participated
(Reporting by Jessica Donati; Editing by Alison Williams)
