Facebook An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was diffused by security forces in the city of Kumba, at a newspaper kiosk located at the Buea-Road neighborhood.
Locals discovered the suspicious device attached to an electric meter Thursday, January 7, 2021, near the Kumba Press Center. Those who found the object informed Defense and Security Forces.
Wilson Elong Njume Njikang, Commissioner of the Kumba Central Police Station in charge of public security led a police squad to the scene.
Ascertaining that the suspicious object was an Improvised Explosive Device, military specialists were called in from the 6th military battalion. The soldiers diffused the Improvised Explosive Device without causing any damage to life or property,” a local familiar with the story told Cameroon-Info.Net.