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| President Biya and his delegation to the UN General Assembly |
President Biya was informed of the explosion of an artisanal
bomb in Bamenda as he entered his hotel suit in New York City after
participating in the 72nd General Assembly of the UN, Cameroon Concord reported
Friday. The Britain-based news outlet said it learned from an inside source at
the presidency of the republic that President Biya panicked on hearing the bad
news.
“We
could see panic in his eyes,” Cameroon Concord quoted a Biya aide as saying.
Paul
Biya, after a short telephone conversation with the Secretary General at the
Presidency, prescribed a reinforcement of security measures.
The
government spokesman and Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma was quoted as
saying “as soon as he was informed of the situation, the Head of State …
ordered the defence and security forces to take special measures to secure
persons and property, and to ensure a 24 hour security at schools.”
Yaounde
has attributed the ‘terrorist attacks’ to SCNC secessionists based in the
diaspora.
Thursday’s
explosion, the third of its kind wounded three police officers.
Another
bomb explosion was reported Friday in the economic capital city Douala.
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