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UN confirms killing of eight students in Cameroon
The United Nations on Saturday confirmed the killing of at least eight children in a school in Kumba, southwestern Cameroon.
Local official had earlier said four students were killed in the attack.
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Central African nation said in a statement the children were shot or hacked to death with machetes.
It added that 12 others were wounded and taken to local hospitals.
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