New inquiry into Dag Hammarskjöld’s death

 

A new international inquiry has been launched to investigate the death of Swedish former UN head Dag Hammarskjöld following new claims of an assassination and ensuing cover-up.

 

 

The Local, Sweden
22 Jul 2012
 

The then Secretary General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, died during the night of 17th September 1961 in a plane crash in what is now Zambia, where he was headed to mediate in the ongoing conflict in neighbouring The Congo.

The diplomat’s death has been the subject of numerous rumours and conspiracy theories over the past five decades centred around whether the crash was an accident, or if Hammarskjöld was killed.

It is hoped that the new study looking at the tragic events in southern Africa will bring clarity to the case and review new evidence which has come to light in recent years.

The investigation is set to be led by four senior lawyers, including diplomat Hans Corell, and will be presented to the United Nations on completion, according to a report in the British newspaper The Guardian.

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