The heartbreaking footage allegedly showing Cameroon soldiers executing women and children has emerged, sparking an Amnesty International investigation. (Warning: Graphic video below)
The disturbing clip shows the two females, both with very young kids, being blindfolded and shot dead after they are accused of being part of the Boko Haram terror group. Harrowing footage allegedly shows Cameroon soldiers executing women and children – a claim the government has firmly denied
Cameroon’s leaders has denied its soldiers appear in the sick footage and called it “fake news”.The authenticity of the video has not been verified and it is unclear when the footage was filmed.It comes as Cameroon combats Boko Haram extremists in the north along the Nigerian border and Anglophone separatists in parts of the west.
The graphic video has been slammed by human rights organisations.Amnesty International has vowed to investigate after saying it has “gathered credible evidence that it was Cameroonian soldiers depicted in a video carrying out the horrific extrajudicial executions of two women and two young children.”
Cameroon president Paul Biya has ordered an investigation, but his government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary has denied its contents.