"Jungle justice" on the rise in Cameroon (Reuters)

by Populux | July 23, 2006 at 12:51 am
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) - It is 4:30 a.m. in Douala, Cameroon's business capital, and a severely beaten man with his hands lashed behind his back lies on the road in Bepanda district surrounded by an irate mob. Blood oozes from his nostrils and ears as his tormentors place two tires around his body. "Bring me petrol!" a man barks from the crowd. A boy runs to a nearby filling station and returns with a quart of fuel. Just as the man lifts his hand to light the matches, a police van screeches ...
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