EXECUTION OF FORMER DROC PRESIDENT LAURENT DESIRE KABILA'S SECURITY TEAM FOLLOWING HIS ASSASSINATION

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• Publication Date: March 14, 2001

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DIST: 14 MARCH 2001
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SUBJ: EXECUTION OF FORMER DROC PRESIDENT LAURENT DESIRE KABILA'S
SECURITY TEAM FOLLOWING HIS ASSASSINATION
(b)(3)
DOI: (b)(1)
SOURCE: (b)(3)1)
SUMMARY: NONE (b)(3)
TEXT: 1. AS OF EARLY MARCH 2001, THE 36-MAN SECURITY TEAM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERSONAL PROTECTION OF FORMER DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO (DROC) LAURENT DESIRE KABILA HAD EITHER BEEN EXECUTED OR
IMPRISONED FOLLOWING THE 16 JANUARY 2001 ASSASSINATION OF KABILA. ON
14 JANUARY 2001, AN 11-MEMBER ADVANCE SECURITY TEAM TRAVELED FROM
KINSHASA TO LUBUMBASHI (11-40S, 027-28E) TO PREPARE FOR KABILA'S
ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL ON THE AFTERNOON OF 15 JANUARY. ON 15 JANUARY AT
1500 HOURS LOCAL, SECURITY TEAM COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (FNU)
((BAHATI)) NOTIFIED THE ADVANCE TEAM THAT KABILA HAD FALLEN ILL ("IL
AVAIT UN MALAISE") AND WOULD NOT ARRIVE IN LUBUMBASHI UNTIL 16
JANUARY. FROM LUBUMBASHI, KABILA WAS SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL TO YAOUNDE,
CAMEROON, TO PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS RELATED TO THE DROC PEACE
PROCESS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS ON 16 JANUARY, BAHATI AGAIN
CONTACTED THE ADVANCE TEAM TO REPORT THAT RASHID ((KASEREKA)), A
SECURITY TEAM MEMBER, HAD SHOT KABILA. BAHATI PROMISED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE ATTACK LATER, BUT FAILED TO DO SO.
2. KABILA'S SON, JOSEPH ((KABILA)), WAS ALSO IN LUBUMBASHI AT
THE TIME, HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM PWETO (08-28S, 028-54E) WITH HIS
SECURITY DETAIL. AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 HOURS ON 16 JANUARY, THE
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTED JOSEPH KABILA VIA SATELLITE
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PHONE TO INFORM HIM OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH. AT 2000 HOURS, BAHATI
CONTACTED JOSEPH KABILA TO ANNOUNCE THAT A PLANE HAD BEEN DISPATCHED
FROM KINSHASA TO FETCH JOSEPH KABILA, HIS SECURITY DETAIL, AND
LAURENT DESIRE KABILA'S 11-MAN ADVANCE TEAM. THE PLANE ARRIVED AT
0000 HOURS, 17 JANUARY. AT THAT TIME, JOSEPH KABILA REFUSED TO ALLOW
LAURENT KABILA'S ADVANCE TEAM TO TRAVEL ON THE SAME AIRCRAFT WITH
HIM. THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO THE MEMBERS OF LAURENT DESIRE KABILA'S
TEAM, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED GOOD RELATIONS WITH JOSEPH
KABILA'S TEAM.
3. JOSEPH KABILA PLACED THE 11-MAN ADVANCE TEAM UNDER ARREST,
AND TASKED HIS SECURITY TEAM LEADER TO REMOVE ALL PASSPORTS, MONEY,
WEAPONS, AND IDENTIFICATION FROM THE ADVANCE TEAM. THE 11-MAN DETAIL
DID NOT RESIST ARREST, BUT ASKED JOSEPH KABILA WHY HE WAS TAKING SUCH
DRASTIC ACTION; KABILA DID NOT RESPOND TO THEIR QUERIES. DROC 4TH
MILITARY REGION COMMANDER BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN ((NUMBI))
TRANSPORTED THE 11 MEMBERS OF LAURENT DESIRE KABILA'S TEAM TO
KIMBEMBE MILITARY CAMP, 15 KILOMETERS OUTSIDE OF LUBUMBASHI, ARRIVING
AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 HOURS, 17 JANUARY. THE 11 MEMBER TEAM WAS
IMPRISONED AT THE CAMP UNTIL 14 FEBRUARY.
4. ON 14 FEB, THE 11-MAN TEAM LEARNED THAT THEY HAD BEEN
CHARGED WITH COMPLICITY WITH RASHID KASEREKA AND MASUSU
((NDINDANGA)). AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS ON 17 JANUARY, ZADIG
((KILUFIA)), A COUSIN OF LAURENT DESIRE KABILA, ARRIVED TO VISIT THE
PRISONERS AND BRING THEM FOOD. AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE TEAM
COMPLAINED OF AN ILLNESS AND WAS PERMITTED TO BE ESCORTED TO DOMBOSKO
MILITARY HOSPITAL BY KILUFIA. ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL, KILUFIA
INFORMED THIS TEAM MEMBER THAT LAURENT DESIRE KABILA'S BODYGUARDS IN
KINSHASA HAD ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED AND THAT THE 11-MAN TEAM WAS ALSO
SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION ON 21 FEBRUARY. KILUFIA NOTED THAT JOSEPH
KABILA WAS PLANNING TO PERSONALLY WITNESS THE EXECUTION.
OMMENT: ANSELME MASASU NDINDANGA WAS ARRESTED IN OCTOBER 20((b)(1)
AND EXECUTED IN NOVEMBER FOR COUP PLOTTING. MANY OF HIS SUPPORTERS (b)(3)
WERE KADOGOS (CHILD SOLDIERS) FROM THE KIVUS, AND DROC AUTHORITIES
UNDERTOOK IN LATE 2000 AND EARLY 2001 A PURGE OF SECURITY PERSONNEL
WHO ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE KIVUS. KABILA'S CLOSE PROTECTION UNIT
ALSO INCLUDED A NUMBER OF KADOGOS ORIGINALLY FROM THE KIVUS.)
POC: COMMENTS, EVALUATIONS, AND REQUIREMENTS WELCOME.
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