Cameroon: a priest killed in the English-speaking zone

The situation in English-speaking Cameroon is deteriorating day by day. New victim: a priest was killed on Friday. The parish priest of the Catholic parish of Bomaka, a district of Buea, the capital of the South West region, was shot dead by unidentified individuals.

Friday, around 16-17h local time. Father Alexander Sob was visiting his family home in Muyuka, 25 km north of Buea. " He was driving with two friends of his own ," says Reverend Asek Bernard, Vicar General of the Diocese of Buea. " In the center of town, they found themselves in the middle of exchanges of gunfire " he continues.

The car slowed down. Then she stopped. But the bullets continued to fuse.
The parish priest of Bomaka received two bullets. One in the blank, the other in the heart. He died shortly after, when a shopkeeper transported him to Muyuka Hospital.

Accident or murder? Murder attributable to separatist militants or government forces? Reverend Bernard is bitter. " The two parties claim that they are not responsible ", he is indignant

Security in the two English-speaking regions has deteriorated considerably in recent months. And the Catholic Church, favorable to dialogue to resolve the crisis, is doubly targeted. The military suspects it to protect or even support the separatists. Separatists who, on the contrary, suspect priests to shelter Cameroonians favorable to Yaoundé.