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Head of the “Catholic Immaculate Conception” clinic in Njmafor in Bamenda, Cameroon, Africa, is murdered.
Agenzia Fides reports that a member of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception was killed in a road attack in Cameroon.
Brother Cyprian Ngeh was stabbed to death in the Ndamukong district of Bamenda on the evening of November 7th. He was a nurse and director of the Catholic Immaculate Conception (CFIC) clinic in Njmafor. He was attacked on his way back to the hospital after accompanying a member of his team home. Bamenda is the capital of Cameroon's northwestern region, one of the country's two English-speaking regions, which has been in a war since 2016 to separate from the rest of the predominantly French-speaking country.
The hospital where Brother Cyprian worked "is specialized in the care of mothers and infants and aims to provide the population, especially expectant mothers, mothers and newborns, with quality service and not only medical but also human and spiritual accompaniment for those who live in a situation of suffering," reports the Dokita association on its website, which supports the humanitarian works of the missionaries of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception throughout the world.
This attack comes after a recent massacre in Egbekaw, Cameroon. Vatican News reported that in a statement released Monday, the Bishop of Mamfe Diocese, Bishop Aloysius Fondong Abangalo, speaks about the attack by gunmen that left at least 20 people dead. There were also many injuries, houses and various properties set on fire and looted by the gunmen.
Local media quoted a local government official, Viang Mekala, as saying that men, women and children were killed as they slept.
The village of Egbekaw is in the neighbourhood of the town of Mamfe.
“In the early hours of Monday 6th of November 2023, several persons were killed, others gravely injured and a good number of houses burned down by unidentified Gunmen at Egbekaw village in Mamfe Central Subdivision. Up till this moment, we cannot find any reasons to justify this heinous act,” Bishop Abangalo explained. Bishop Abangalo has since invited prayers for the deceased, solidarity with the injured and with bereaved families..
About 6,000 civilians have been killed by both government forces and armed separatist fighters since late 2016 in the North-West and South-West regions as armed separatist groups seek independence for the country’s minority Anglophone regions.
Local media quoted a local government official, Viang Mekala, as saying that men, women and children were killed as they slept.
The village of Egbekaw is in the neighbourhood of the town of Mamfe.
“In the early hours of Monday 6th of November 2023, several persons were killed, others gravely injured and a good number of houses burned down by unidentified Gunmen at Egbekaw village in Mamfe Central Subdivision. Up till this moment, we cannot find any reasons to justify this heinous act,” Bishop Abangalo explained. Bishop Abangalo has since invited prayers for the deceased, solidarity with the injured and with bereaved families..
About 6,000 civilians have been killed by both government forces and armed separatist fighters since late 2016 in the North-West and South-West regions as armed separatist groups seek independence for the country’s minority Anglophone regions.
Source: Fides.org and Vatican News
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