Separatist commander among 3 killed in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region
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YAOUNDE, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Cameroonian army said on Sunday its troops have killed three separatist fighters including a commander in the country's war-torn English-speaking region of Southwest.
Troops launched an offensive on Saturday in Afab village of the region where separatist fighters had set up a camp and killed a key separatist commander, the army said.
Two of his fighters were also killed during the clashes. There was no news about casualties on government forces.
Last week, the commander imposed a lockdown in the region, blocking a major highway that links Cameroon to neighboring Nigeria for one week.
The army said he was notorious for countless attacks on civilians and the military.
Clashes between government forces and separatists began in 2017 after separatists declared the "independence" of Cameroon's two Anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest. Enditem
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