An opposition senator was shot dead in western Cameroon where a bloody insurgency has been waged by anglophone separatists against the state, his party and IgbereTV reports.
Lawmaker Henry Kemende, whose body was found Wednesday, âwas killed (overnight) by unidentified armed assailantsâ, a local communications ministry official confirmed on condition of anonymity.
He had been a lawyer and lawmaker for the Social Democratic Front (SDF), one of Cameroonâs main opposition parties.
The killing happened in Bamenda, a major town in the countryâs northwest region which, along with the southwest, has seen a spate of insurgent violence by members of the regionsâ anglophone minority against the predominantly French-speaking security forces
