Residents in Brazzarville, a neighbourhood in Cameroon’s
economic capital Douala, remain panic stricken since February 25 2016 following
the explosion of what security force describes a grenade, beside a local nursery and primary school.
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| CONFUSED BRAZZAVILLE RESIDENTS |
Security forces who trooped the area said one
of the two victims lost his life while the second person sustained injuries.
The
corpse of the yet to be identified deceased is at the Tergal hospital morgue.
Security sources have arrested the wounded
suspect and are seeking to know the origins of the grenade and what transpired
before it exploded.
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| WOUNDED SUSPECT LED AWAY BY POLICE |
Our source could not confirm reports which said a soldier
was among the other suspects arrested.
“We are
told by the survivor that the grenade was given to them by one of their
brothers who is a soldier.
The survivor
said they use the ‘powder’ from the grenade to produce fetishes which they give
to people as traditional medicine.
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| LITTORAL POLICE BOSS, ESSOGO(M) ON SCENE |
They claim to be herbalists as well. We have
collected some bags and other exhibits which we intend to exploit and then come
to conclusion,” said another security source.
Other eyewitnesses said several elements-
herbs, leaves bottles, etc looking like belongings of traditional healers were found in
the room where the grenade exploded.
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| POPULATION IN PANIC |
A senior security official in the Littoral Delegation
for National security denied suspicions that the explosion could be an attack
by insurgents.
“That is not what we think for now.
There should be no panic as
we have taken measures to secure the area,” the source said.
PHOTOS: CHRIS THOBIE
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