Boko Haram kill 400 in Cameroon since last year – Amnesty

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Nigerian Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram has killed some 400 civilians since last year in northern Cameroon, with dozens more dying in a “heavy-handed” response by security forces, Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday.
The report, entitled “Human rights under fire: attacks and violations in Cameroon’s struggle with Boko Haram” and published in Yaounde, is based on three research missions in 2015, Amnesty said.
It said the group has killed at least 380 civilians since January 2014.
Cameroonian security forces have responded with raids on villages and the arrest of more than 1,000 people, including children as young as five, Amnesty said.
At least 25 people have died in custody with more than 130 people missing.
“As Boko Haram has brought its violence to Cameroon, civilians have come increasingly under fire,” said Alioune Tine, Amnesty International director for West and Central Africa.
“By killing indiscriminately, destroying civilian property, abducting people and using children as suicide bombers, they have committed war crimes and caused untold fear and suffering to the civilian population.”
But Tine said security forces had responded in kind.
“Cameroon’s security forces have killed civilians unlawfully or through excessive use of force. People have been arbitrarily arrested, and many held in inhumane conditions which have led to dozens of deaths.”

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