Hervé Bondembe Mandundu | |
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Died | November 6, 2016 Bex, Switzerland | (aged 27)
Cause of death | Gunshot |
Occupation(s) | House Painter, Volunteer Firefighter |
Children | 1 |
Hervé Bondembe Mandundu (died November 6, 2016) was a 27-year-old Congolese-born Swiss resident who was shot and killed by Chablais police in Bex, Switzerland. [1] The police allege that Mandundu rushed towards the five officers with a kitchen knife. [2] [3] The officer who killed Mandundu was later tried for murder [4] and acquitted by the Court of First Instance and by the Court of Appeal on the grounds of self-defence. [5]
The killing led to widespread criticism of excessive force from Swiss police. [6] Protests against police brutality occurred in Lausanne at the time, [7] [8] [9] and Mandundu's name has been invoked in later Swiss protests against police brutality and systemic racism. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Mandundu was the only one of his immediate family to not be born in Switzerland and was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [14] While not a Swiss citizen, Mandundu had lived in Switzerland since the age of 5. [15] [16]
Hervé Bondembe Mandundu | |
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Died | November 6, 2016 Bex, Switzerland | (aged 27)
Cause of death | Gunshot |
Occupation(s) | House Painter, Volunteer Firefighter |
Children | 1 |
Hervé Bondembe Mandundu (died November 6, 2016) was a 27-year-old Congolese-born Swiss resident who was shot and killed by Chablais police in Bex, Switzerland. [1] The police allege that Mandundu rushed towards the five officers with a kitchen knife. [2] [3] The officer who killed Mandundu was later tried for murder [4] and acquitted by the Court of First Instance and by the Court of Appeal on the grounds of self-defence. [5]
The killing led to widespread criticism of excessive force from Swiss police. [6] Protests against police brutality occurred in Lausanne at the time, [7] [8] [9] and Mandundu's name has been invoked in later Swiss protests against police brutality and systemic racism. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Mandundu was the only one of his immediate family to not be born in Switzerland and was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [14] While not a Swiss citizen, Mandundu had lived in Switzerland since the age of 5. [15] [16]