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Seventh child dies as Cameroon reels from shooting attack on school

Seventh child dies as Cameroon reels from shooting attack on school

 JOSIANE KOUAGHEU and BLAISE EYONG A 12-year-old girl has died from wounds sustained when gunmen stormed a school in the South West Region of Cameroon on Saturday and opened fire on the children, taking the death toll to seven with 12 injured. The attack on the school, in the region where separatist insurgents have been battling government forces since 2017, has drawn widespread condemnation and is likely to pile further pressure on the government to do more to end the conflict. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack in the town of Kumba, where the grieving father of the…
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