At least 3 killed in bar shooting in Cameroon’s Northwest region
At least three people were killed and two others injured when gunmen opened fire at a bar in Cameroon’s conflict-hit Northwest region on Monday, according to witnesses and security sources.
The attack took place in Bamenda, the chief town of the region, after armed men arrived at the bar on motorcycles and opened fire on patrons, Xinhua reported.
“The gunmen arrived on motorcycles and started shooting at people who were drinking at the bar. They killed a woman and two men,” a resident who witnessed the incident told Xinhua by phone on Monday evening. The resident requested anonymity.
Security sources said two people were killed at the scene, while a third victim later died from injuries sustained in the shooting.
The attack comes amid escalating clashes in Cameroon’s English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions, where separatist fighters are seeking to enforce a weeklong lockdown that began on Monday, Sept. 7.
Police security reports indicate that at least 10 people, including civilians, separatist fighters and soldiers, have been killed since the lockdown began.
Cameroon’s two Anglophone regions have been affected by an armed separatist conflict since 2017, with armed groups seeking to establish an independent state.
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