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Hervé Bondembe Mandundu
DiedNovember 6, 2016(2016-11-06) (aged 27)
Bex, Switzerland
Cause of deathGunshot
Occupation(s)House Painter, Volunteer Firefighter
Children1

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]

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  1. ^ Pillard, Benjamin (2016-07-11). "Un voisin agité abattu par la police à Bex". Le Matin (in French). ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  2. ^ Pillard, Benjamin (2016-11-26). ""Hervé est mort injustement; Dieu fera son travail"". Le Matin (in French). ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  3. ^ Pillard, Benjamin (2016-11-14). "Drame de Bex: "Oui, sa mort est une bavure!"". Le Matin (in French). ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  4. ^ "Les soupçons de bavures s'accumulent sur la police". 24 heures (in French). ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ Maspoli, Philippe (2021-08-19). "Drame de Bex – Accusé de meurtre, le policier est de nouveau acquitté". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  6. ^ Pillard, Benjamin (2016-11-26). ""Hervé est mort injustement; Dieu fera son travail"". Le Matin (in French). ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ^ Low, Patrick. "Suspected police violence in the canton of Vaud - humanrights.ch". www.humanrights.ch. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ^ sabah, daily (2016-11-21). "Hundreds protest murder of black man by Swiss police". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. ^ "[Bex/Vaud] : Quand la Police assassine..." renverse.co (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. ^ "Genève: plus de 10'000 manifestants contre le racisme". SWI swissinfo.ch (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. ^ Müller/watson.ch, Adrian. "Auch die Schweiz hat einen Fall "George Floyd" – und er ist nicht minder dramatisch". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. ^ "A man holds a placard reading "George Floyd, Herve Mandundu, Mike Ben..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  13. ^ "George Floyd réveille la mémoire des violences policières dans le monde". rts.ch (in French). 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  14. ^ Pillard, Benjamin (2016-07-11). "Un voisin agité abattu par la police à Bex". Le Matin (in French). ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  15. ^ Pillard, Benjamin (2016-11-14). "Drame de Bex: "Oui, sa mort est une bavure!"". Le Matin (in French). ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  16. ^ ""Je veux juste savoir pourquoi Hervé est mort"". 24 heures (in French). ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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