Corpse of gunned youth abandoned in Kumba

24 hours after being allegedly shot by security forces, the corpse of a young man is still lying at Saint Anthony street junction, Buea road-Kumba.No relative has shown up to identify the corpse and take it for burial.”Even local authorities have not retrieved the corpse since he was shot, the corpse is almost decaying,” a source told MMI.Residents say his family members are probably scared to come for the corpse due to the way he died. “He was shot on the head … And on the back, sending out his intestines” while attempting to escape from the military a source told MMI yesterday.

Mimi Mefo Info (MMI)

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