Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa 5 Chikunguru 1960, mazuva mashanu mushure mekunge Republic of Congo itsva yawana rusununguko kubva kuBelgium, nhengo dze "Force Publique" (chiDutch: "Openbare Weermacht") garrison pedyo neLéopoldville / Leopoldstad yakamukira. Varwi veAfrica, vakagumburwa neidi rokuti kuzvimirira kwakanga kwaunza chinjo shomanene muchimiro chavo, vakadzinga vakuru vakuru vavo veBelgium 1 000 muchimiro chokuraira. Hurumende itsva yacho yakanga ichinonoka kuita chiito, ichibvumira mamiriro ezvinhu okutya kukura pakati pavagari vemo 120 000 vakanga vachiri kugara munharaunda yacho sezvo mapoka anodzungaira evapanduki akarwisa vavariro dzakawanda dzeEurope, achirwisa nokuuraya pasina kurangwa. Kuedza kweBelgium kudzivirira vagari vayo nesimba rehondo kwakangowedzera mamiriro acho ezvinhu; mukati memazuva gumi okuzvimiririra vashandi vehurumende vachena vakanga vachibva munyika vakawanda. Sezvo
Dambudziko rakashata reCongo rakaenderera mberi, vatongi vechichena vakatizawo nyonganiso iri kukura, vachipa kurohwa kwakakomba kuchikwata chezvemitemo chenyika yavo <unk> chinoonekwa nevacherechedzi vakati wandei se "dambudziko rakaipisisa munhevedzano iyi yenjodzi".