Politics: At least 17 dead in Cameroon Anglophone independence protests-Amnesty

Deadly protest

International rights group, Amnesty International, says it has independently confirmed that 17 people were killed during clashes between Cameroonian security forces and pro-independence protesters.

The clashes which took place in the country’s restive Anglophone regions on October 1 were said to have claimed eight lives on Monday morning. Another 50 protesters were wounded with over 200 arrested.

“We have been able to confirm that 15 people have died following yesterday’s demonstrations in North West and South West,” Amnesty’s West Africa regional officer said in a tweet, they subsequently revised the figure to 17.

 

Meanwhile, Cameroon’s main opposition leader, John Fru Ndi also told the BBC that at least 30 people had died due to the protests.

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