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19 soldiers executed for sedition

    NAIROBI

    Nineteen soldiers have been executed for sedition or acts of banditry in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the past week, AFP reported on Thursday. It quoted judicial sources as saying nine of the victims, including four members of the presidential guard, had been convicted and sentenced to death by a military court for murder and armed robbery. They were executed on Wednesday. On Monday two soldiers were executed for
    killing a motorist, while last Friday eight others faced the firing squad after being convicted of inciting an uprising by a battalion of the army's rapid intervention brigade.

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