Twenty-four civilians killed and around 60 wounded in an attack by separatist gunmen in a troubled anglophone region of Cameroon
Clashes between militants and security forces have claimed more than 6,000 lives and displaced around a million people.
Separatists on Sunday attacked the village of Obonyi II in the Southwest Region near the border with Nigeria, mayor Ekwalle Martin said on Tuesday. The attack was confirmed by a local administrative official, speaking on condition of anonymity, who gave a death toll of at least 15 civilians.The village, lying 560 kilometres northwest of the national capital Yaounde, "is hard to get to. Armed groups exploit this isolation in order to hand down the law," the source said.Longstanding conflict
In 2017, anglophone resentment at perceived discrimination radicalised, snowballing into a breakaway movement that declared independence for the two regions.
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