Cameroon: Limbe Bank Robbery Victim Dies

Posted to the web 10 October 2008 Elvis Tah Elback Assama Aboh, 20, one of the four victims shot during the bank robbery in Limbe on Sunday, September 28, died Sunday, October 5, at the Douala General Hospital. Rumours had earlier made the rounds that Assama had died whereas he was still receiving medical attention.According to the deceased's sister, Gwendoline Aboh, Assama, an apprentice motor mechanic in Mile 16, Buea, went to Limbe for a weekend. Reports say Assama, after enjoying with his friends on Saturday night, September 27, was in a taxi on his way back home when they drove into a hail of gunfire."Assama received two bullets, one in the waistline and the other in the pelvic region, while two of his friends were also wounded. They were rushed to the Limbe Provincial Hospital where they were admitted. Owing to the... [read full story]