After a Cameroonian army vessel carrying 37 people capsized off the country’s south- west, only three People have been rescued, an army source told BBC.

According to the government’s statement quoted by the Reuters news agency, the overturn could have occurred due to rough sea conditions but an investigation is ongoing to find the cause of the incidence.

Soldiers from an elite military unit were on board when the boat sunk as it was travelling to Bakassi on Sunday.

The unit, the Rapid Intervention Brigade, is at the forefront of Cameroon’s fight with the Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants in the north-west.

Rescue operations are still ongoing.