Cameroon: Government Forces Attack Village

Expand A covered body on the outskirts of Belo, following early April clashes between security forces and armed separatists in the North-West region, April 2018.  © 2018 Private (Nairobi) – Cameroonian soldiers, gendarmes, and members of the Rapid Intervention Brigade (BIR) carried out a deadly attack on the North-West region village of Meluf on April 4, 2019. Government forces killed five civilian men, including one with a mental disability, and wounded one woman. Three of the bodies were later found mutilated, including one that had been decapitated. Further attacks could occur if the government…

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