Almost half the number of ‘delinquents’
who attacked the Mokolo police station in Yaoundé, destroying and looting from
shops have been granted bail.
The majority are still languishing behind bars. “They
are being questioned by the police and would have to be presented before an
examining magistrate where they could be charged with destruction of property
and looting,” said a security source handling the file.
 |
| Briqueterie Residents: Suing for Real 'peace'? |
The Divisional Officer for Yaoundé II
Subdivision, Yampen Ousman said the administration wanted the detained suspects
to assist in identifying those responsible for the violence that gripped his
area of jurisdiction on January 7.
He spoke shortly after locals in the Briqueterie
neighbourhood organized a ‘peace march’ on Saturday January 9 to distance
themselves from acts that threatened the stability of the nation’s capital.
The more than 700 placard wielding
residents marched to the D.O’s office, denouncing those they said, were making
attempts at destabilizing the country. A good number of Muslims that populate
the area took part in the 'peace march'.
Close to 50 shops in the Mokolo Market
were vandalized and looted while scores of people sustained injuries when irate
youths in the Briqueterie neighbourhood took to the streets in retaliation to the
death of one of theirs killed by policemen who came to the rescue of a woman
who had been assaulted.
Violence only subsided when police and
gendarmes stepped in.
No comments:
Post a Comment