September 2021 Bamessing ambush

September 2021 Bamessing ambush
Part of the Anglophone Crisis
DateSeptember 16, 2021[1]
Location
Near Bamessing, Ngoketunjia Division,[2] Ngo-Ketunjia
Result Ambazonian victory
Belligerents
 Cameroon  Ambazonia
Commanders and leaders
Unknown "General No Pity"[1]
"General Sagard"[2]
Units involved
6th Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR)[3] Bambalang Marine Forces[4]
Jaguars of Bamessing[2]
Casualties and losses
15 killed
Two armored vehicles destroyed[4]		 None confirmed

On 16 September 2021, two Ambazonian separatist groups, namely the Bambalang Marine Forces and Jaguars of Bamessing, ambushed a military convoy near Bamessing, Ngo-Ketunjia. The ambush was one of the deadliest single separatist attacks so far in the Anglophone Crisis,[1] and led to the announcement of a "paradigm shift" by Cameroon's Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo six days later.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Cameroon: Ambazonia fighters kill 15 soldiers in restive NW region, Journal du Cameroun, Sep 17, 2021. Accessed Sep 17, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Ariane Foguem (17 September 2021). "Anglophone crisis: About 15 soldiers perish in Amba ambush in Sabga". Agence Cameroun Presse. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ Aurore Bonny (21 September 2021). "'Secessionist terrorists' kill 15 soldiers in Cameroon conflict zones". AA. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b Cameroon separatists kill 15 soldiers in attacks using explosives, Reuters, Sep 21, 2021. Accessed Sep 21, 2021.
  5. ^ MINDEF Admits Strategy Against Ambazonia Forces Has Failed, Cameroon News Agency, Sep 22, 2021. Accessed Sep 22, 2021.