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The UN investigator shedding light on the death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961 laments the lack of cooperation from some countries. In his latest report, Mohamed Chande Othman regrets that the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa have not seen fit to answer his questions about the plane crash that killed that we nicknamed "Mr. H". The research, however, has recently discovered photos that could open new avenues.
It is still unclear why Dag Hammarskjöld's DC6 crashed on 18 September 1961 near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. However, we know that the area was full of mercenaries and foreign spies hostile to his illustrious passenger, who was against the secession of Katanga, the rich Congolese region.
Over the years, the documents declassified by some Western countries, including the former Belgian colonial power, made it possible to understand, at least vaguely, what happened that evening. But we still do not know exactly who did what.
Photos of the cabin, taken by a North Rhodesian policeman at the time, could relaunch the investigation. The family of this policeman sent them recently to Mohamed Chande Othman, the eminent UN personality charged with doing so.
The journalist Maurin Picard , author of the book "Who killed Mr. H? Reveals details of these shots: " These are pictures of the wreckage of the plane a few hours after the crash, and to the general surprise of this handful of UN investigators who were able to consult them there has on some fuselage ends apparent bullet impacts. Why were not these bullet holes examined at the time, why did not these photos remain unpublished, we still do not know. "
Forensic science laboratories should be called to examine them to learn a little more about the death of the only man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.