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This post also available in:| Français | · Deux homosexuels lynchés au Cameroun |
| Español | · Linchan a gay en el norte de Camerún |
| Ελληνικά | · Βόρειο Καμερούν: Λιντσάρισμα δυο ομοφυλόφιλων ανδρών |
| Swahili | · Mashoga Washambuliwa Kaskazini mwa Kameruni |
Oscarine Mbozo’a reports [fr] on L'Actu that one gay man and his companion were lynched at a market on January 6, 2013 in Maroua, Northern Cameroon :
Goche Lamine, a medical merchant, was caught with a high school student named Sanda, aged 17. The crowd was alerted by a kid shouting “samaroka! Samaroka (homosexual in the Fulfulde language), they rushed towards both men and started throwing stones at them.
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