On 6 November 2023, the Tigers of Ambazonia (also called "Tigers of Manyu") carried out a massacre in Egbekaw, Mamfe, Southwest Region, Cameroon.^[1] Over thirty people were killed, mostly Boki residents.^[2]

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Egbekaw massacre
Location	Egbekaw, Mamfe, Manyu, Southwest Cameroon
Date	6 November 2023
Attack type	Arson, mass shooting
Deaths	30+
Injured	Many
Perpetrator	Tigers of Ambazonia
Motive	Reprisal attack for the death of an Ambazonian separatist the day prior

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Anglophone separatists say they are being discriminated against.^[1] They want a separate Anglophone state which they call Ambazonia.^[1] In 2016, they protested and rioted.^[1] In 2017, they began an insurgency in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon.^[1] On 4 October, two civilians were extrajudicially killed by the Ambazonia Defence Forces, who said that the civilians were Cameroonian spies.^[3][4]

The Boki community in Egbekaw allegedly hired Nigerian mercenaries to hunt down Ambazonian separatists, the local group being Tigers of Ambazonia, and the mercenaries killed one separatist in Egbekaw on 5 November.^[2] The Tigers vowed revenge on the Boki community in Egbekaw, warning non-Boki villagers to expel Boki residents.^[2]

In Egbekaw, celebrations were planned for Paul Biya's 41st anniversary ruling the country.^[1] Several senior politicians of Manyu Department were expected to be in attendance.

Before dawn on 6 November 2023, the Tigers attacked Egbekaw. Residents stated that the separatists attacked the village around 4am local time, firing on sleeping villagers and torching houses.^[5] At least 30 people were killed in the attack, and many more were seriously injured.^[6] The Tigers also targeted specific houses where they knew Boki residents resided.^[2] By the evening of 6 November many of the burnt bodies were still being counted.^[2]

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