On the night of Sunday 24 to Monday, June 25, 2018, a drunken soldier fired an offensive grenade at a bar in Kousseri after an altercation, resulting to the deaths of two people, including a soldier.
According to our source, 13 other persons were seriously wounded in the incident.
A statement issued by the Minister of Defense, Joseph Beti Assomo, and carried by Cameroon Tribune of June 26, 2018, indicates that Corporal Salman Ndam Bouba, serving with the 42nd Battalion of Mora's motorized infantry, unleashed an offensive grenade that he illegally carried into the said bar.
The grenade then exploded and killed two persons in the tavern. The deceased include Corporal Adjia Géremi on duty at the 41st Motorized Infantry Battalion of Maltam, and Mrs. Marie Thérèse Koube, the owner of the bar.
13 other people were injured, reports said.



