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| Cameroon: One killed as pirates raid coastal city |
| 2008-09-30 |
| (SomaliNet) One person was killed when gunmen in speedboats raided a coastal city in south-west Cameroon, and robbing four banks. The incident was at least the third sea-borne raid in less than a year on banks in Gulf of Guinea countries. A police officer said the raiders on Limbe, described as "suspected pirates" by Cameroon state radio, arrived in six speedboats under cover of darkness early on Sunday. "Residents were awakened from sleep at about 1am by sustained heavy gunfire that lasted about 30 minutes, followed by sporadic firing into the air for over one hour," he said. The attackers shot dead a hotel driver taking customers to a nightclub. Using explosives, they blasted their way into four banks in central Limbe, seizing large sums of money. They barricaded roads leading into the town and repelled a group of soldiers. State radio added that a sack marked "Port Harcourt Flour Mill Ltd" was left behind in one of the banks. Port Harcourt is one of the main cities in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta where militants this month stepped up attacks on oil installations. In the past they have raided ships and rigs far out to sea in the Gulf of Guinea. |
| Posted by:Fred |