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Africa-Press<\/a> – Cameroun<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The incident occurred on Thursday morning at a security checkpoint around the Divine Mercy Co-Cathedral in the city of Buea in Cameroon\u2019s South-West Region.<\/p>\n

Although state authorities are yet to issue an official statement, open sources say the gendarmerie officer, lynched by a mob, had in an attempt to immobilize a car at a security checkpoint, shot and killed a three-year-old schoolgirl who was being accompanied to school by her parent.<\/p>\n

Onlookers and passersby are said to have taken the laws into their hands. They were later joined by a thick crowd to administer mob justice on the suspect gendarme.<\/p>\n

A video of the mob action that has gone viral shows policemen watching helplessly as the gendarme is stoned.<\/p>\n

Before long, the situation degenerated into a popular protest as the irate crowd marched with the corpse of the little girl from Molyko to the Governor\u2019s Office and back.<\/p>\n

At the Governor\u2019s Office, the crowd chanted songs demanding an end to security checkpoints that have been transformed into extortion posts.<\/p>\n

\u201cFCFA 500! FCFA 500,\u201d they chanted, urging authorities to sanitize the security corps in the country plagued by corruption.<\/p>\n

Some of the protesters claim the gendarme shot at the car, killing the schoolgirl, because the driver of the car failed to stop and offer a FCFA 500 (less than a dollar) bribe.<\/p>\n

The Governor of the South-West Region, Okalia Bilai Bernard was on hand to receive the irate population.<\/p>\n

The Governor called for calm, describing the situation as unfortunate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is indeed a shocking incident. An innocent child has been killed. All of us are in shock. I want to assure you that those who did it, some are already in the hands of the law,\u201d the Governor said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the remains of the little girl were displayed at Bongo\u2019s Square in Clerks\u2019 Quarters. A woman in an advanced age stripped naked to protest against brutality by security forces.<\/p>\n

The headless corpse was paraded down to the esplanade of the Molyko Stadium, paralyzing traffic.<\/p>\n

At press time, the road leading to the Molyko Stadium and the entire vicinity had been overtaken by a huge crowd. The stadium had been opened for the irate population and the Bishop of the Diocese of Buea, His Lordship Michael Bibi was about addressing the population.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a developing story\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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