Cameroon – Anglophone Crisis: Five Soldiers Wounded, as Secessionists Acquire Sophisticated Weapons.

Par Kiven B. NSODZEFE | Cameroon-Info.Net
BAMENDA - 21-Mar-2019 - 11h42   6082                      
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The attack took place in Belo, Boyo Division of the North West region on Wednesday afternoon, when soldiers fell in an ambush, set up by separatists also known as Amba boys.

Following a military report, in shoot out that lasted for hours, five of Cameroon’s soldiers were wounded, with two sustaining heavy injuries.

 Amba boys used weapons such as AK47 and most deadly M21, to attack their enemy.
Presidential Guards, Daouda Charles and a certain Njikam, were seriously wounded in the head and two knees, respectively. A gendarme, Njipita Frank, suffered an injury on his leg, while two soldiers of the Army sustained minor injuries on their stomachs.

They were taken to the Mbingo hospital for treatment, while their leader called Bamenda, for backup.
The said backup team, suffered an attack by Ambazonia fighters along the Babanki highway, few Metres to Mbingo, where the wounded soldiers had been transported to.They however, succeeded to transfer their colleagues to Bamenda.

Reports say the fighters succeeded to seize Two M21 guns and ammunition from the Cameroonian military.
Since the Anglophone crisis, became bloody, Ambazonia fighters(Amba Boys), have been using Dane guns, knives and cutlasses, to attack their enemies. With the introduction of deadly weapons by diaspora leaders, such as the M21 and AK47, civilians fear that the war might not end soon. Recently, leaders of the Ambazonian movement based abroad, have been raising funds to purchase these weapons, so as to send them back home, to the fighters. They initiated many of these fund raising activities such as “My Trip to Buea” and today, “Operation Ak47”.

While the fighting between President Paul Biya's forces and the Amba boys goes on, more than half a million continue to be displaced, with a total number of at least 50,000 refugees , residing in nearby Nigeria. For three years, children have not been able to go to school, some hospitals and churches have shut down, while the economy has dropped. Above all, many children have been rendered orphans and homeless.

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