Separatist Commander Killed In Cameroon's Restive Anglophone Region
Date
11/25/2024 1:30:17 AM
(MENAFN- IANS) Yaounde, Nov 25 (IANS) Two separatist fighters, including a commander, were killed when government forces of Cameroon struck their hideout in the country's war-torn Anglophone region of Northwest, according to local and security sources.
The crackdown early on Sunday, as confirmed by a military official in the region who requested not to be named, was launched in the early hours of Sunday in Bamenda, the chief town of the region.
The commander killed in the operation "regularly kidnapped civilians and demanded huge ransom. He was responsible for the deaths of many soldiers and civilians," the official told Xinhua news agency by phone.
Fighting between government forces and separatist fighters has persisted in Cameroon's two English-speaking regions of Northwest and Southwest since 2017 when separatists attempted to establish an independent nation in these regions.
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