After attack in West Region:

Another Gun Attack Rocks Littoral Region

-Two killed in Mombo as panic stricken inhabitants beg for protection from gov’t

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

Gunmen whose identify still remain confusing to local administrative authorities of Littoral Region have wreaked havoc in the locality of Mombo in the Moungo Division, leaving inhabitants of the area in total panic.

                The attack in the village of Mombo occurred in the night of Sunday breaking Monday February 18, 2019. The attack left two Mombo villagers dead as well as stormed the chief’s palace, the Gendarmerie brigade and the car of the Gendarmerie commander packed outside was partially destroyed in the course of the sustained gun firing.

                The incident created an atmosphere of uncertainty and panic in the entire village which completely grounded activities as schools and businesses remained closed on Monday while security forces rushed to carryout out investigations.

                Though security officials and the villagers are still to identify the perpetrators of the act, suspicion is rife that if could have been carried out by pro-independence Ambazonia fighters from neighbouring South West Region. Shells of used cartridges on the ground showed that, the gunmen used dane guns to carry out their attack.

                Mombo is a border locality between the South West and Littoral Region and plays hosts to hundreds of internally displaced persons fleeing the armed conflict in the two English speaking regions. The attack on the village of Mombo is the second so far in the Littoral Region since the escalation of the crisis west of the Mungo. Only months ago, unidentified gunmen suspected to be separatist fighters attacked a gendarme post in the locality of Penda-Mboko.

                It should be noted that Penda-Mboko in the Littoral region and Yoke-Muyuka in the SW are separated by just the River Mungo. Persons cross over from one end to the other using the ferry.