Landslide Kills At Least 14 Attending Funeral In Cameroon

Dozens of individuals have been attending a funeral on a soccer pitch. (Representational)

Yaounde, Cameroon:

A landslide in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde on Sunday killed at the very least 14 individuals who have been attending a funeral, the area’s governor stated.

“We’re carrying the corpses to the mortuary of the central hospital, whereas the seek for different folks, or corpses, continues to be ongoing,” Naseri Paul Bea, governor of Cameroon’s Centre area, instructed media on the scene.

Dozens of individuals have been attending a funeral on a soccer pitch on the base of a 20-metre excessive soil embankment, which collapsed on high of them, witnesses instructed Reuters.

Yaounde is likely one of the wettest cities in Africa and is product of dozens of steep, shack-lined hills. Heavy rains have triggered a number of devastating floods all through the nation this yr, weakening infrastructure and displacing 1000’s.

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