THE SENTENCE WAS AS A RESULT OF VIDEO THAT WAS BROADCAST ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN JULY 2018 SHOWING SOLDIERS SHOOTING TWO KNEELING, BLINDFOLDED WOMEN AS WELL AS A BABY ON ONE OF THEIR BACKS AND A GIRL IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INITIALLY DENIED THE ARMY’S

HOWEVER, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PROVIDED CREDIBLE EVIDENCE, THE AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED THAT THE SEVEN SOLDIERS SEEN IN THE VIDEO HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND WOULD BE PROSECUTED

THE MILITARY COURT IN THE CAPITAL YAOUNDE HANDED DOWN THE MURDER VERDICT AND SENTENCES AFTER THE TRIAL WAS ADJOURNED SEVERAL TIMES.