Attackers Kill Police Officer, Kidnap Teachers in Cameroon’s Northwest
- A police officer was killed and five teachers were kidnapped during an attack on a teacher training centre in Wum, Northwest Cameroon, according to Regional Governor Adolphe Lele Lafrique.
- The Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon have experienced a nearly decade-long conflict between separatist groups and government forces involving English-speaking communities.
- The conflict began in 2016 after violent government suppression of protests over French-speaking authorities increasing control of education and legal systems in anglophone regions.
- Since 2016, at least 6,000 people have died, over 330,000 have been internally displaced, and about 100,000 fled to Nigeria due to the ongoing violence, according to the United Nations.
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In Cameroon, a police officer was killed in an ambush carried out by an armed group against the convoy of the Prefect of the Menchum Department, in the English-speaking north-west region, on Tuesday, September 8.
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newscentraltv.comPolice officer killed, teachers kidnapped in Cameroon attack
A police officer was killed and five teachers kidnapped in an attack on a teacher training centre in Cameroon, local authorities said on Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit the country's English-speaking west.
In Cameroon's Anglophone (English-speaking) Northwest region, a police commissioner was killed and six teachers were kidnapped in an attack by separatists.
Deadly Ambush in Northwest Cameroon Leaves Police Commissioner Dead, Six Teachers Abducted
CAMEROONONLINE.ORG | A violent ambush in Cameroon’s Anglophone Northwest region has resulted in the death of a senior police official and the kidnapping of six educators, underscoring the ongoing volatility facing the country’s education sector. The attack targeted a convoy near Wum as officials and security personnel were touring local schools to oversee the start … The post Deadly Ambush in Northwest Cameroon Leaves Police Commissioner Dead, S…
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