It was yesterday the 28th of June when Cameroons Ministry of Defense through a Press Release Statement signed by the Head of Communication of the said Ministry Atonfack Guemo Cyrille Serge attributed the Akwaya Massacre of Saturday on separatist Fighters.
As per the Release, the attack took Place at the wake of Aka Martin a member of Cameroon’s Parliament who was about to bury his deceased brother. About 100 separatist fighters attacked at the wake shooting indiscriminately at the Population and setting ablaze the home of Aka Martin and the coffin of his deceased brother with the corpse.
Divided into several groups, another group at the same time was busy setting homes, Baillin District Hospital and a gendarmerie station on fire. So far, the damages recorded from this calamity in the locality includes:
- 32 civilians killed including Nigerians and many others wounded.
- Baillin Health Center and at least 50 homes set ablaze
- Corpse of Aka Martin’s Brother Afire
- O4 terrorist have been Neutralized and many others escapees wounded
The seriously injured victims of the attack are currently receiving treatments at the Buea regional Hospital after.