From Njingang Godwin in Kumba
The Commonwealth Avenue in Kumba was the scene of action August 15
between elements of the special intervention unit of the police, ESIR and three
armed robbers. The scuffle led to the death of two of the men of the underworld
while one is currently under medical attention.
The police have however refused to recognise the third victim who was
admitted to hospital. The assistant commissioner of the Kumba first district
police station has told journalists that the police recognises only the two who
were shot dead instantly.
According to him, the two victims, Issa Amadou Age, 31 and 40 year-old
Saudo Hasan were in possession of two guns, twelve bullets, a knife and two
telephones.
Security reports say the pirates left Bamenda for a special mission to
rob some institutions in the town. The targeted institutions, reports say
included the famous Ngassa bookshop and the Kumba Central Catholic Church.
But while at the Commonwealth Avenue, their cover was blown and the
information immediately leaked to the police who invaded the beer parlour in
which they had stopped over.
Attempts by the police to quiz them reportedly led to stiff resistance
and later gunshots. The two camps got mired in a continual cross-fire. The
police succeeded to kill two of the pirates while one sustained grave injuries
and was ferried to hospital.
The central police commissioner, Wilson Njume who led the command unit
of the police told journalists that “the police force is always ready for any
unforeseen circumstances; the population has to collaborate with the police to
feed them with the necessary information concerning any strange being in their
community.”
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