Attackers kill police officer, kidnap teachers in Cameroon’s northwest

An armed group attacks a teacher training centre in the town of Wum, according to the Northwest Region’s governor.Published On 9 Sep 20269 Sep 2026Security forces in Cameroon are searching for attackers who killed a police officer and kidnapped five teachers during a raid on a teacher training centre in the country’s Northwest Region, according to the governor.Adolphe Lele Lafrique, the regional governor, told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that a group of armed individuals “infiltrated” a teacher training centre in the town of Wum, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Bamenda city, on Tuesday morning.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Pope Leo calls on Cameroon to reject violence as 120,000 join Masslist 2 of 3Anglophone Cameroon violence ‘spirals out of control’list 3 of 3Sexual violence pervasive in Cameroon’s Anglophone regionsend of listA police officer on the scene tried to intervene and stop the attackers. “The armed individuals unleashed a hail of bullets on him, killing him instantly, and took five teachers with them to an unknown location,” Lafrique said.The Northwest Region is one of two English-speaking regions in Cameroon where separatist groups have be...