Cameroon’s army on Wednesday confirmed that it had killed three persons in the capital on the same day as the visit of the education minister, with more tensions as children resume.
According to the army spokesman, Didier Badjeck to AFP, its men “neutralized” three people after they “burst into the city” of Bamenda in a car with three others on Tuesday.
Eyewitness reports say many shots were heard Tuesday near the hotel where Education Minister, Youssouf Adidja Alim was staying when he visited the city at the same time as the resumption of schools.
A source close to Alim said the occupants of the vehicle were prevented from reaching the minister.
Separatists in the area, claiming that the education system sidelines anglophone pupils, have ordered a boycott of schools in the areas they control.
Some secessionists have gone on social media to say that they cannot guarantee the security of kids who return to school against the boycott.
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