Pleads With U.N. Troops



Photo Title

Pleads With U.N. Troops

Photographer/Creator

Roger Asnog

Collection

Publisher

Associated Press

Caption/Description

Albert Verbrugghe, Belgian cement factory worker at Jodotville in Katanga Province, emerges screaming from his automobile. U.N. Indian troops had fired on the car, killing Verbrugghe's wife and another woman passenger. Verbrugghe was severely wounded. Photographed January 3, 1963.

Citation

Roger Asnog, "Pleads With U.N. Troops," in POYi Archive, Item #5125, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/5125 (accessed June 16, 2025).

Date Added

07.04.2008