Ndop prison break

Ndop prison break
Part of the Anglophone Crisis

View of the village of Ndop
DateJuly 28, 2018[1]
Location
Result Ambazonian victory
Belligerents
 Cameroon  Ambazonia
Strength
Prison guards (initially), gendarmes and soldiers (reinforcements) At least 50 (according to the Cameroonian army)[2]

The Ndop prison break occurred on July 28, 2018, when Ambazonian separatists broke into the Ndop central prison and freed 163 inmates.[2][3]

  1. ^ Ndop prison burnt, prisoners freed, Journal du Cameroun, July 29, 2018. Accessed July 29, 2018.
  2. ^ a b 163 prisoners at large after Cameroon jailbreak, Journal du Cameroun, Jul 30, 2018. Accessed Jul 30, 2018.
  3. ^ AfricaNews. "Cameroon prison overrun by armed men, 163 inmates escape | Africanews". Africanews. Retrieved 2018-07-31.