She received a stray bullet shot by armed bandits who raided their residence on Tuesday.

35-year-old Noumbissi Mengue Caroline, a resident at Carrefour Wamba, Mambanda, died yesterday morning after receiving a stray bullet. Ngnintedem Jerome, the deceased’s husband told CT that they were woken around 4am by the sound of gun shots and voices ordering them to open the doors to the house. While he rushed and hid in the bathroom, his panic-stricken wife rose up to open the door leading to their room, which resulting in a stray bullet into her head. Meanwhile, unable to break through the main door, the hoodlums moved to the rear of the house and broke the wooden door with an axe. In the room, an argument ensued between the two gangsters on whether to kill the husband too. They fled after seizing the sum of CFA 100.000 francs, a laptop, a flat TV set and one mobile phone. Though eye witnesses say there were three criminals. The deceased’s corpse is at the Bonassama District Hospital mortuary, pending funeral arrangements. Meanwhile, the Judicial Police has launched a manhunt alongside investigations.

In another incident, the corpse of a 16-year-old girl is presently lying at the Douala Reference Hospital, after being knocked down by a speedy commercial motorbike. She was crossing the road in the Makepe neighbourhood, while the collision caused her immediate death. Meanwhile, in Bilongue, a young man cheated death after being stabbed by his girl friend. According to reports, the young man visited his girlfriend on Tuesday November 12, and they had a dispute. After hitting on the girl twice, she grapped the first thing in her sight and stabbed him severely on the buttocks. The prompt intervention of the benevolent population saved his life, as they immediately rushed him to a nearby hospital for treatment.