Statue Of Belgian Soldier Émile Storms

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JUNE 14: A vandalized statue of the Belgian soldier, explorer, and official for the Congo Free State, General Storms is seen on the Square de Meeus on June 14, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. The statue of "General Storms", one of the Belgians commissioned by King Leopold II to colonize the Congo in the 19th century, will soon be unbolted and moved to the Africa Museum, where the bust of Émile Pierre Joseph Storms will be "contextualized", confirms Christos Doulkeridis (Ecolo), the mayor of the municipality of Ixelles where the statue is located. In an attack by mercenaries in the Lake Tanganyika region, sponsored by Emile Storms, the chief Lusinga was killed and his skull was brought back to Belgium. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)