2024-02-11 23:08:03
The discovery of the mutilated body of a child in Yaoundé plunges the country into fear. Kidnapped two months ago, the 9-year-old girl was found decapitated, the presumed victim of a serial killer. The rampant insecurity worries.
It is an abominable news item which adds to the ambient psychosis. The skull and dried corpse of a child only 9 years old have just been found in Yaoundé, near the Nkoabang district. The theory of ritual crime is favored.
A child kidnapped since December
The little girl’s ordeal dates back to December 5. That day, she was allegedly kidnapped by unidentified men, before disappearing completely. Despite the searches of his relatives, his trace remained untraceable for almost two months.
Until the macabre discovery of his mutilated and mummified remains in the bushes on the outskirts of Yaoundé. Enough to plunge his parents into total horror and dismay.
A privileged ritual track
Because the modus operandi leaves little doubt about the ritual nature of the crime. Between the location of discovery of the body, its curled up position and the absence of a head, all the ingredients of an assassination linked to occult practices seem to be present.
A thesis reinforced by the resurgence in recent months of child abductions for ritual purposes according to. Enough to arouse fear and real psychosis within the population.
The end of the Biya reign singled out
Faced with the inaction of the authorities and the growing feeling of insecurity, tongues are starting to loosen. On social networks, many people make the link between the increase in criminal acts and what they consider to be “the end of the Biya regime”.
A controversial thesis, but which says a lot about the deleterious climate reigning in Cameroon at the start of 2024, against a backdrop of uncertain succession at the head of state.
Whatever the case, the ordeal of this 9-year-old girl risks leaving indelible marks on people’s minds. And bluntly raises the question of the impunity enjoyed by predators of all kinds in the country…