Armed Ambazonia separatists carried out a series of coordinated attacks late Wednesday, striking communities in both the West and Northwest regions of Cameroon, leaving soldiers dead, a civilian wounded, and two villagers abducted for ransom.
Panic swept through the village of Mbeve 2, in Galim, Bamboutos Department, after heavily armed separatist fighters stormed the locality under cover of darkness.
Gunfire erupted across the community as assailants seized two residents identified as Savoie Jules Tagni and Paul Kamack.
A third civilian, struck by a bullet in the abdomen, was evacuated to the Galim District Hospital following the attackers’ departure.
Ambazonia combatants have since issued a ransom demand of 16 million CFA francs for the release of the two abducted men.