Norway detains a German national suspected of inciting crimes against humanity in Cameroon
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Oslo, Norway: Norwegian police said Wednesday that they had detained a German national of Cameroonian heritage for allegedly inciting crimes against h...
Oslo, Norway: Norwegian police said Wednesday that they had detained a German national of Cameroonian heritage for allegedly inciting crimes against humanity in war-torn Cameroon, the first time Norway was embarking on legal proceedings for such crimes.
The man, who is in his 50s, lives in Norway but has not been named.
He was detained because the National Criminal Investigation Service, known in Norway as KRIPOS, said that they believed he "had a central role in an ongoing armed conflict in Cameroon.” Anette Berger, the prosecutor in the case, said, "We are in an early phase of the investigation, and there are several investigative steps that remain."
On Wednesday, KRIPOS would seek his custody from the Oslo District Court "on the basis of the risk of tampering with evidence.”
For the past seven years, a protracted armed conflict known as the Anglophone crisis has devastated communities across the west African country's two English-speaking regions - officially called Northwest and Southwest - as armed separatists clash with government forces.
