Others who have condemned the attack include members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Africa who have termed the October 24 “killing and wounding of innocent children … a heinous and despicable act.”
“We are shocked and outraged by the killing of innocent school children. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of the children and offer our prayers and moral support to the wounded and their families and to the entire community of Kumba,” the Jesuits in Africa say in their Wednesday, October 28 statement shared with ACI Africa.
In the statement signed by the President of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM), Fr. Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, the Jesuits in Africa also call on Cameroonian authorities to act fast in order to end the violence that bedevils the country.
“We demand that this violence stops now and that children should be allowed to live in safety without any fear of violence. We further demand that the perpetrators of the attack be brought to justice,” the Jesuits say in their October 28 statement.
The leadership of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) has also expressed sadness at the killing of the children, called for respect for human life, and an end to the violence in Cameroon.
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“The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) has learnt with great sadness of the horrific massacre of schoolchildren by yet to be identified gunmen while in a classroom in Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy in Kumba,” AACC General Secretary, Rev. Dr. Fidon Mwombeki has said on behalf of church leaders in Africa in the October 26 statement obtained by ACI Africa.
Rev. Mwombeki has added, “We are all children of one God, and all life is sacrosanct. Nobody should take away a life that he or she did not give.”
He has called on warrying groups in Cameroon to give an unequivocal pledge that there will be no targeting of civilians by their combatants and appealed to the leadership of the Central African nation to investigate the heinous act, to apprehend the perpetrators, and prosecute them accordingly.