In Brussels, Lumumba's tooth was given to his family

In a ceremony in Brussels, Belgian authorities presented Congo independence leader Patrice Lumumba's tooth to his family.

It is thought to be the only part of him that still exists after he was executed and his body was dissolved in acid in 1961.

Belgium was a former colonial power, and an official investigation found that some members of the government at the time "were morally guilty for the tragedy."

Belgian policeman Gerard Soete, who oversaw the body's destruction, later said that he kept the tooth as a "sort of hunting trophy."