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Cameroon: Attempted Mutiny in the Economic Capital?

Written byJulie Owono

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Posted 29 September 2011 9:55 GMT

Cameroon-Info [fr] reports that gunfire broke out in the morning of September 29, 2011, on the Wouri Bridge in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. Website Koaci.com [fr] reports that it was an attempted military mutiny and adds that the Special Units of the army were deployed. Reuters talks about “uniformed gun men”. A discussion is currently taking place on the Twitter hashtag #cmr11.

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