Fr Sob A Catholic priest was shot dead on Friday, July 20 in the Cameroons. Fr Alexander Nougi Sob was parish priest of Bomaka, a district of Buea, the capital of the English-speaking region of South-West Cameroon.
He was also a former Catholic Education Secretary there.
According to the Journal du Cameroun, Fr Sob was hit by a stray bullet in Muyuka as security forces battled separatist fighters in the area.
“It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we announce the passing onto glory of our beloved priest the Rev. Fr Alexander Nougi Sob, a priest of our Local Church who was shot in Muyuka…”, the Vicar General of the Buea Diocese, Rev. Fr. Asek Bernard said in a statement. According to the APF the statement said the perpetrators remained unknown and that the body was mutilated.
Neither the Cameroonian authorities nor the Catholic hierarchy expressed an opinion on the circumstances of the death of the priest.
Travel is difficult in English-speaking Cameroon, according to several Catholics interviewed by AFP.