A 34-year-old woman has been stabbed to death by her husband in Logpom, Douala 5, in what becomes the seventh case of femicide recorded by MMI News in Cameroon within just one week.
The victim, identified as Modestine Maffo, was reportedly attacked on Saturday morning inside the family home by her husband, Herve Tezembong, 42.
According to preliminary accounts, Tezembong allegedly locked the doors from inside before attacking his wife with a knife while their two young children were still in the house.
Neighbours reportedly heard Maffo screaming and tried to intervene, but could not get inside despite knocking repeatedly.
The suspect is said to have told neighbours that his wife had betrayed him and also threatened to take his own life.
After the woman’s cries suddenly stopped, neighbours alerted the police.
Officers later arrived at the scene and took Tezembong into custody.
The couple’s two children were reportedly found unharmed.
Police are now expected to investigate the full circumstances surrounding the killing.
But Maffo’s death is no longer an isolated tragedy.
It comes amid a disturbing wave of killings of women in Cameroon, with seven cases recorded within one week alone.
That means seven women have died in circumstances involving intimate partners or gender-based violence in a matter of days.
The growing pattern raises urgent questions about domestic violence, early warning signs, access to protection, law enforcement response and the safety of women inside the very places they are supposed to feel safest — their homes.
How many more women have to die before femicide is treated as a national emergency in Cameroon?
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