September 2021 Bamessing ambush
| September 2021 Bamessing ambush | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Anglophone Crisis | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Cameroon | Ambazonia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
"General No Pity" "General Sagard" | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 6th Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) |
Bambalang Marine Forces Jaguars of Bamessing | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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15 killed Two armored vehicles destroyed | 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, and led to the announcement of a "paradigm shift" by Cameroon's Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo six days later.