France, Oct. 27 -- Four people have been killed in Cameroon during protests led by supporters of opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary. The unrest happened in Douala, the country's economic capital, as Cameroon awaits the official results of its presidential election.

The governor of the Littoral region, whereDouala is located, said the deaths and several injuries were recorded on Sunday.

Young attackers "under the influence of drugs and driven by a criminal spirit [...] tried to storm a gendarmerie brigade and a police station", Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua said in a statement.

Authorities have launched an investigation.

Supporters of Tchiroma Bakary had gathered after he called for peaceful mobilisation. He claims victory in the 1...