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20200227 - 14 children among dozens killed in Cameroon attack, UN says
RosyPark 2020. 2. 27. 13:29https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/17/africa/cameroon-village-attack-intl/index.html
14 children among dozens killed in Cameroon attack, UN says
At least 14 children were among 22 people killed by armed men in restive northwest Cameroon, according to a UN official.
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* an unspecified number of residents
* He added that the fighting continued into the night and fuel containers hit by gunfire exploded, causing a blaze that spread through homes.
torch
- set fire to
ex) My sister and her family were killed in their sleep as the military torched houses because they suspected that separatist fighters were hiding in the village.
ex) The shops had been looted and torched.
surge
- a sudden large increase in a feeling
ex) Since December there has been a surge in violence throughout the two anglophone regions of Cameroon with thousands of civilians displaced.
ex) I felt a surge of delight mingled with a bit of fear.
flee A to B
- 달아나다 도망치다
ex)The Anglophone conflict has internally displaced more than 670,000 people in affected areas, while 60,000 Cameroonians have fled escalating violence to neighboring Nigeria, according to UN estimates released this month.
perpetrators
- someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful.
ex) The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals.
death toll
- the number of people who die because of an event such as a war or an accident.
heinous crimes
-(of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
ex) The military officers responsible for these heinous crimes must be brought to justice.