Banga Bakundu villagers flee into bushes after rumor kills two Gendarmes

By DANIELA NEBA NGUM Villagers of Banga Bakundu, Mbonge subdivision, Southwest region, were on Wednesday, February 14 taking aback by the influx of the military in their village following a rumour that two Gendarme officers were killed in a gun battle between the military and separatist fighters. The news that spread like wide fire during the early hours of the day caused commotion in the village as villagers fled into the nearby bushes and to other towns like Kumba for fear of military retaliation. Social media posting had announced that the gun men killed two gendarmes on duty and kidnapped…