Boko Haram invades northern Cameroon, kills 23 persons

 

When will all these end....No fewer than 23 people were killed in a Boko Haram attack in the Mozogo district in Cameroon’s Far North Region, an official said.

The regional governor, Mijiyawa Bakary, confirmed the attack by the Nigeria-based Islamist militants, but did not give further details.

“We are still gathering the facts from our divisional officers, but what we know for now is that the attackers killed at least 23 people. The damage could be more,” he said.

The attackers also burned down a village, security forces told CNN.

A soldier on the front who did not want to be named told CNN by phone that the insurgents carried out a similar attack along the Waza-Mora highway on Friday, killing one Cameroonian soldier.

The soldier said “a corporal was killed and three soldiers were wounded. The attackers also confiscated a (Toyota) Land Cruiser belonging to the Cameroon military.”

Earlier this month, the country’s state-run broadcaster CRTV reported that 116 Boko Haram fighters and one Cameroonian soldier were killed during an attack that the militant group launched against a military column in northern Cameroon.