The massacre was perpetrated on Saturday and Sunday, in the village of Bakinjaw of the commune of Akwaya, close to the Nigerian border, according to a local source.
Le Monde
More than 30 villagers were killed in western Cameroon in an attack during the weekend by a rival ethnic group, the Presbyterian Church, a local NGO and a military source announced on Monday, June 27.
The massacre, during which men, women and children were burned and mutilated, was perpetrated on Saturday and Sunday, in the village of Bakinjaw of the commune of Akwaya, close to the Nigerian border, Insured, by phone, the Reverend Fonki Samuel Forba, spokesperson for the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon. “More than 30 people have been killed,” he added.
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This drama took place in the Southwest region, one of the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon, where a very murderous conflict has opposed separatist armed groups for the police for more than five years, which Civilians are the main victims. But nothing seems, for the moment, to link the massacre to this war, according to the sources contacted by the agency France-Presse which all confirmed the same circumstances and the balance sheet.
“It all started with a land conflict between the Oliti and the Messaga Ekol of Akwaya (…) on April 29, the Oliti attacked and killed several Messaga Ekol on their farms, the Oliti then mobilized and received and received The support of armed men they had engaged and they launched very violent inhuman and destructive attacks against the Messaga Ekol, “said Reverend Forba in a press release.
“In these attacks, houses were burned and people burned in their homes, some were also beheaded”, specifies, for its part, the Presbyterian Church.