Nov 2007- 3 Students shot dead again
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email by Kingsley A.
| 19.11.2007 23:01
3 Short Dead,2 critical situations with over 10 with life bullets injuries.
3 students of Cameroon College of Arts And Science (CCAS) Kumba,Government Technical High School (GTHS) AND Government Technical college (GTC),has been short dead on Friday nov.9th at close to 9:30AM by police of the Cameroon government and paramilitary agent just a day after the students began peaceful demonstration of they grievances.The 3 colleges located in Buea road Meme Division of one of the 2 anglophone province the area now popularly refer to as Southern Cameroon or Abazonia.Ngome Herbert a form 2 students of GTC was killed instantly at CCAS junction when a running battle ensue between the students ant the police and he was transported by the police van to the kumba District Hospital Mortuary. A pool of blood could be seen at CCAS junction were the 2 students were short.When I arrived the mortuary by 1pm the Mortuary attendance only accepted us in when we let him know we were acting under the directives of the Mayor of kumba 1 Council Prince Ekale Mukete who himself was completely embarrassed by the situation for his office premise equally receive tear gas.I saw for my self that the little boy of about 15years was short in premeditatedly,he was short close to chase was covered with blood.The boy who came his college after receiving the news of the dead father A retire gendarme office Mr.Ngome has vowed not to accepted the corpse "the SDO Will eat the child or best still conduct a resurrection service on my son"Mr.Sone a teacher in GTHS told me.
The Cause
The students went on strike on the morning of Wednesday November 7th protesting 2 weeks of blackout and bad roads leading to the 3 Colleges and on by Friday 9th November the killing has ensure.The 3 colleges are located in the same premises.The strike was starter by the students who lived in the college hostel of CCAS and their peers in the technical College who use electricity for Daily practicals.On the weekend of 3-5 of nov. a handful of students went in person after numerous complaints through they College principals to the office of AES electricity company who responded by rationing power in 4 hours for 2 days while the students are in class. In effect the students had no electricity for the 3rd week running and the bad roads remained a problem.
The SDO and the Killings of Armless college students.
The Senior Divisional officer for Meme Mr.Abart Magliore Zanglar of Francophone origin is the man behind the killing of the students,he had in strong terms ask the police to forcefully crack down on the students and end the protest before 12 Noon of Friday November 9th to proof his competent to the Governor of south west province who was coming to kumba as the state representative for the official burial of the lone SDF parliarmentarian Hon.Nkelle Pamly M who dead on oct.22nd.
I am stopping this mail here because paramilitary police who are still patrolling the town just enter this cyber to check on people to see everyone out before 10pm GMT.I will continue tomorrow,there is fear and tension in kumba right now and movement is restricted. Police are beating camera men and breaking them and so to get pictures is pretty expensive. 2 of the dead students and the wounded are said to be at the Apostolic mission hospital in Banga bakundu some 8miles with the intention of hiding the information from the public.
Two days complete boycot of classes
author:: K.A
Kumba Students Strike updates-Two days complete boycot of classes.
Street demonstration have ended following the open gun fire by Kumba police Commissioner who after commanding his officers to shoot while they hesitated he gather the courage himself and fire at a crowd of over 400 students killing a form one student of GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE GTC of 14 years of age Ngome Herbert Kwelngome .The student who mounted roads block in an effort to prevent the transportation of over 20 students to Buea detention center were arrested , beaten ,and giving standing runoff water to drink for protesting from they hostel on Thursday the 8th nov.by 9pm which is completely against the law.
The Senior Divisional Officer for Meme Division ABATH MAGLOIRE ZANGBWALLA had oder for the arrest of the students with intentions to charge the students on treason and equally the killing.he is alleged to have said kill them after all my children are not here.He made this remarks in the present of the Divisional delegate of Education for Meme who wanted to negotiate with the student,He equally receive the pains of tear gas at the oder of SDO who said who are the students to negotiate with. The crisis meeting he call on friday fail with less than 2% attendance featuring only Nnoko Mbelle,Fon V.E Mukete AND Muwelle Kuns Princiapal of CCAS Kumba.Few news paper report say little or nothing about the evil role the SDO play in the killing of innocent Abazonians- Southern Cameroons who is alleged to have paid some to keep his person out of the problem and the issue of bads roads.
Following the shooting to dead of they mates the students then when on rampage with outright cry "they (Police) go better kill all we" they set AES building in part,set the DO office ablaze and the police post in Fingo equally destroy.The Commissioner of Police who the student attest to know and saw him open fire on student is said to have lost some of his property by irate students who arrived his home shortly after the dead of they mates and where told he does not own the house and so the house was spare by his property brought out and set ablaze.
Classes had been fully boycotted for 2 days running by almost the entire colleges in the city of kumba including primary schools estimated at over 50.000 students.Demonstration had been crack down with a contingent of police and GMI from Buea are in kumba for reinforcement maltreating and embarrassing innocent anglophone people a young lady had been road into stinking water before may eyes for no just causes, so this crisis are more serious than what is told with extreme abuse of human rights which are in the form of colonizations.The students strike lacks both coordinated and organized leadership of any form so the strike came up because everybody was seriously affected by the problem of persistent electricity blackout and shortages couple with bads roads.
Pls note one of the 3 students said to be dead on Friday was reactivated to life at the Apostolic church Banga be still on conscious.Some serious cases had been transported to DOUALA for urgent medical care.A contingent of paramilitary police from Buea are now station at the Kumba Urban Council to crack down on any form of protest so its likely the strike may not continue with or without they demands made.The fear of being short by police will natural end the strike.