Cameroon Military Denies Reprisal Attacks Kill Civilians
Voice of America
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON - Witnesses in the northwest Cameroon town of Kumbo have accused the military of killing several civilians during retaliatory raids Monday on separatists. Cameroon's military denies any civilians were killed. The clashes followed the deaths of seven troops when their armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. Cameroon's Presbyterian Church is calling for an independent investigation into reports of civilian deaths.
Cameroon’s military said Monday that seven of its troops perished when their armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the western village of Kikaikelahki.
The troops were part of a military convoy dispatched to fight separatists around the town of Kumbo.
The military says other troops have been deployed to find and kill the separatists who planted the explosive device.
