Unidentified gunmen fired on February 18, before setting fire to the residence of the deputy secretary-general to the presidency of the republic.
According to witnesses, it was on the morning of 18 February 2019 that Paul Elung Che's house was set on fire in Bangem, in the Kupe Manengouba department, South West region. A region shaken since the end of 2016 by the Anglophone crisis.
Armed men burst into the neighborhood early, fired shots in the air, and set fire to the residence, witnesses said.
No loss in human life is to be deplored.The Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon, is himself in the capital Yaoundé.
This is not the first time that houses of senior government officials have been targeted by secessionists. Last January, the residence of Joseph Dion Ngute is attacked in the Southwest. He is appointed 24 hours later Prime Minister.
In recent days, there are new peaks in violence in the northwest and southwest.Sunday, February 17, a soldier was killed by the separatists.
Saturday, February 16, a hundred students - mostly girls - St. Augustine College of Kumbo are kidnapped by armed men. They will be released less than 24 hours later after negotiations between the clergy and the kidnappers.
Some members of the staff of this establishment are still in the hands of the police who suspect them of complicity with the kidnappers. Numerous information from residents of both regions reports military operations against the separatists. Several villages burned.
Source: camer.be