DOUALA (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed at least three children and one teacher in an attack on a school in Cameroon's South West region on Wedn.
Unidentified gunmen killed at least three children and one teacher in an attack on a school in Cameroon's South West region on Wednesday, a local human rights group said.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says it has gathered evidence of a revenge attack nearly a year ago by Cameroonian soldiers on a village where they raped at least 20 women.
The raid on Ebam in the Anglophone South-West region, an area where separatists are fighting for an independent state of Ambazonia, was one of the worst atrocities carried out by Cameroonâs army in recent years, the rights organisation said.
It had gone largely unreported because of stigma and fear of reprisal which discourages survivors of sexual violence from speaking out, HRW said, adding that there had been no effective investigation.
Droits réservés Human Rights Watch has called on the government of Cameroon to investigate the January 10, 2021 killing of nine civilians in Mautu, a village in Muyuka Subdivision, South West Region.
Army soldiers killed at least nine civilians in Cameroon’s Anglophone South-West region, on January 10, 2021, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, February 4. “The dead included a woman and a child, and four civilians were injured. The soldiers also looted scores of homes and threatened residents.”
Human Rights Watch recalls that when news of the killings went viral, Cameroon’s army spokesperson admitted that soldiers from the 21st Motorized Infantry Battalion (Bataillon d Infanterie Motorisé or BIM) conducted an operation in the village, but did not acknowledge that troops killed and injured civilians.
Cameroon: Nine Killed in Army Attack
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Investigate Killings of Civilians in Mautu Village, South-West Region
(Nairobi) – Army soldiers killed at least nine civilians in Cameroon’s Anglophone South-West region, on January 10, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The dead included a woman and a child, and four civilians were injured. The soldiers also looted scores of homes and threatened residents.
The army spokesperson admitted that soldiers from the 21st Motorized Infantry Battalion (
Bataillon d Infanterie Motorisé or BIM) conducted an operation in the village, but did not acknowledge that troops killed and injured civilians.
“Killing civilians and looting their homes in the name of security are serious human rights crimes that fuel the escalating cycles of violence and abuse in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions,” said Ida Sawyer, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “Cameroonian authorities should rein in abusive units and, with the assistance of