An alleged motorcycle thief was lynched Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in at Quatre étages in Bonaberi, in the 4th district of Douala.

Reportedly, the young man boarded a motorcycle near the Carrefour Mutzig locality, around 7:00pm. Along the way, he threatened the driver and seized the motorcycle.

The benskineur immediately alerted his comrades parked at carrefour Mutzig. They started a mass hunt for the alleged thief who was travelling at top speed. He was interrupted by another bike at a place called Quatre étages.

"He was thoroughly beaten. He had blood dripping from his ears when police officers on road control and two stationed soldiers near a bank came to his rescue," says a motorcycle driver. The alleged thief was taken to the police station for investigations.