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Benjamin Strick

Jan 24, 2020 • 9 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X

@Yaolri

Hello. Myself, @Yaolri & @iayongwa are monitoring the growing situation in south west Cameroon.

Lots of unverified footage emerging of burnt villages and people dying in the streets. If you see something, DM one of us (our DMs are open and we will communicate through Signal).

This is one of the videos that was released today. It was filmed in Mautu. The bikes you see at the start of the footage were located exactly here on Mautu's main road: goo.gl/maps/CmqUZr4WR…

Just to show what we are doing with the footage - we're starting by investigating each individual scene and mapping them out. We're looking for evidence of who is responsible for this. The scenes here are geolocated to here: goo.gl/maps/CmqUZr4WR… in Mautu, #Cameroon.

@iayongwa

Last week Cameroon's #Bali was also hit hard. Many locals allege the Cameroon military is responsible for the burning of the villages. This was one of the videos @iayongwa geolocated which shows the scale of damage.

https://twitter.com/iayongwa/status/1219318117525901312?s=20

@iayongwa

@iayongwa This is footage also from #Mautu, #Cameroon. Again it is GRAPHIC. The person filming says the attack happened Thursday, 23, and says "they have killed so many people". Footage is geolocated to here: goo.gl/maps/TjsMNN2EU….

@iayongwa

@iayongwa In this footage from Cameroon geolocated by @iayongwa, we can also see destroyed buildings on sat imagery around #Bali's main market & health center on @sentinel_hub. I've made a timelapse below of imagery from January 17 & 22. Location is here: goo.gl/maps/ec7eP6ouM…

@iayongwa

@iayongwa @sentinel_hub This is #Mautu Village in south west #Cameroon. Residents have fled village turning it into ghost town. It was only several days ago that a number of people were butchered in its main street. The filmer was standing exactly here: goo.gl/maps/rf4CARKm4…. H/T to @FMbanwei for 📹

Path (in red) that the filmer took in the footage above. Buildings used as geo-reference points. Person filming says "all the civilians have fled into the bushes". The reference to people being killed is evidenced in the tweets above. Filmed here: goo.gl/maps/CSVgAkGN2…

@billyb2009

Cameroon municipal elections sched for Feb 9 (H/T to @billyb2009 for reminder). Seeing increase in sporadic attacks, namely village burnings, & in large areas like Kumbo (geolocated by @iayongwa). Very important for #remotesensing atm 👇

https://twitter.com/iayongwa/status/1226155062222655488?s=20

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