“Twenty-two people were killed Friday in Menka during a confrontation… (between the army and) a group of people that were presented as criminals,” said Nji Tumasang, a member of the anglophone opposition Social Democratic Front in Santa, the area in which the town of Menka is located.
Violence between armed anglophone separatists and government forces occurs almost daily in the Northwest Region and the Southwest Region, following an escalation of the crisis in late 2016.
An army official confirmed the incident, speaking of “several neutralised terrorists”.
“A group of terrorists was reported in Menka” and the army intervened to “encircle the hotel” where they were, army spokesman Colonel Didier Badjeck said on Facebook.
But he added that a “watchman alerted (the occupants of the hotel) which gave rise to long exchanges of fire lasting several…
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