Yaounde, Jan 17 (UNI) At least one person was killed and six others injured on Thursday afternoon in a clash between government forces and separatists in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, a military official told Xinhua.
The exchange of fire occurred in the neighborhood of Bamenda, chief town of the region as government forces repelled a separatist infiltration attempt, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“They attacked a military outpost at Ntabessi. Our brave forces fought back and opened fire. It was then that stray bullets killed a civilian and injured six others. Our forces are pursuing them to their hideouts,” the official said.
A separatist insurgency has been going on in Cameroon’s two anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest since 2017. Armed separatists attempt to secede from the largely French-speaking Cameroon and create an independent nation in the regions.
