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Omer Bodson

1856–1891 · 19th century

Omer Bodson (1856–1891) was a Belgian officer in the service of the Congo Free State and a member of the Stairs Expedition to Katanga. At Bunkeya on 20 December 1891 he shot dead the Yeke king Msiri during a confrontation and was himself mortally wounded by Msiri's men. He was honoured in Belgium as a colonial hero.

Omer Bodson
Image: Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger (1853-????) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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