Albert Verbrugghe was a cement factory worker from Belgium whose wife Madeleine, and a female passenger, Aline Van Den Eyke were shot and killed while driving to Jadotville in their Volkswagen by Indian UN troops during the Siege of Jadotville on Jan 3, 1963. A photo of him emerging distraught from his vehicle was printed in world newspapers. The reason for the shooting was never fully established. Time Magazine suggested that the soldiers were "nervous". The photo was also printed in the Book of knowledge Annual for 1964
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