Yaounde, 09 October, 2023 / 9:30 pm (ACI Africa).
The Archbishop of Yaoundé Archdiocese in Cameroon has expressed his “spiritual closeness” with those affected by the Sunday, October 8 fatal landslide in the capital city of the Central African nation.
At least 30 people died and 17 others were injured after a landslide triggered by heavy rains destroyed parts of the Mbankolo neighborhood, some 25 km from Yaoundé, BBC News reported.
Some homes, built on slopes, collapsed and banana trees were uprooted as the Mefou River burst its banks. Bodies of the victims have been laid at the Yaounde Central Hospital mortuary while the injured were rushed to various hospitals.
In a statement issued Monday, October 9, Archbishop Jean Mbarga says he learned with “consternation the tragedy that occurred in the Mbankolo neighborhood following a landslide.”
“I join the entire population of the Yaoundé 2 municipality in offering my condolences to all the bereaved families,” Archbishop Mbarga says.
