Four soldiers and a civilian perished on Wednesday in the explosion of a bomb as an official convoy passed through an English-speaking region of Cameroon in the grip of a separatist insurrection, the government announced, accusing the rebels of having committed the crime. 'attack.
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The convoy of the prefect of the department of Momo, in the North-West region, fell into an “
ambush
” set up by “
secessionist terrorists
”. "
Four elements of the National Defense Forces were killed
" as well as a "
departmental delegate of Communication
", assures the Minister of Communication and government spokesman René Emmanuel Sadi in a press release, adding that the prefect came out unscathed of the attack.