Notice that the soldiers, like moving sundials, cast shadows on the track. A simple formula tells us the angle and direction of the sun. This corroborates our conclusion on the date, and narrows the timeframe further: the killings happened between March 20 and April 5th 2015pic.twitter.com/KC8HEvKFuS
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We identified two other guns used in the killing. One of the was in the hands of this man. We see him here blindfolding the women with the baby just before the shooting starts. Our military source identified him as Barnabas ‘Gonorso'.pic.twitter.com/ofOdRpOwI7
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Although we were not able to confirm this identification, a very similar name – Barnabas Donossou – appeared 11 days later in the government’s list of men now under investigation.pic.twitter.com/KNvdDVib6o
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The other gun used in the killing is the Zastava M21 we saw earlier. It’s in the hands of a man identified in the video as “Cobra.” Who is Cobra?pic.twitter.com/mvWRoPvBbQ
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As the women and children are killed, “Cobra” is the last man still firing into the bodies. A colleague calls out “Tsanga, leave it, they’re dead.” When he keeps firing, they call again: “That’s enough, Tsanga.”pic.twitter.com/qy9tFhwhvS
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The name Tsanga also appears on the government’s list of soldiers now under investigation, suggesting that “Cobra” is a nickname for Lance Corporal Tsanga.pic.twitter.com/vVMz2YoJH5
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We put these finding to the government of Cameroon, who said that 7 soldiers have been arrested, disarmed, and imprisoned while under investigation.pic.twitter.com/3zwlmMlaxe
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The government statement makes clear that all these men enjoy the presumption of innocence, and that they will be given a fair trial.pic.twitter.com/sFWnE4hmio
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The two women killed outside Zelevet received no trial at all. No presumption of innocence was extended to the children who died with them.pic.twitter.com/WG7SFjQ9ml
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This investigation was produced by
@yaolri@danielsilas@benstrick@effisfor and @emmanuelfreudenthal Thanks to the analysts and journalists who contributed@Sector035@obretix@y_vdw@JHarris_UK@MFlumf@trbrtc@ilariallegro@samdubberley@bellingcat@amnestyShow this thread -
Correction to these credits: the other producers on this story are
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Good investigative work BBC 4 exposing atrocity. Sickening, heartbreaking and those involved should be brought to justice.
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Innocent people getting killed , what did they do to deserve that? Think of the children getting killed for no reason, Lord have mercy
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Cancer is too good for him.
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this is the most cruel of all. He is the Son a demon & his father the devil is the one who gave the order
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MUM, you are so right, son of the devil.
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May God’s wrath find the evil killers and justice be done for those innocents. Prayers
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I always cry when i see this very video from Cameroon military
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