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At least 2 police killed in flashpoint Cameroon city of Buea

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AFP Yaounde

At least two police officers were killed yesterday in Buea, a city in western Cameroon that has become the centre of a campaign for independence by English-speaking separatists, a local source said today.

A separate hospital source however said five police, as well as one civilian, had died.

The deaths mark a fresh escalation in violence between the security forces and armed separatists who want two English-speaking regions to become independent from the rest of the French-speaking country.

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First Published: Jul 10 2018 | 5:45 PM IST

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