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