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Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 10 In Cameroon Mosque

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A Cameroon senior local official said suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded at least one in an attack on a mosque in northern Cameroon on Wednesday.

 
The official in the Far North region of Douala said on condition of anonymity that the attack was linked to an insurgency by militant group Boko Haram.

 
The official disclosed that the suicide attack took place at 5:40 a.m. in a mosque at Kouyape.

 
He said there were 13 deaths including the man who blew himself up and one wounded.

 
The official noted that many of the recent Cameroon attacks have been conducted by women.

 

 

 

(Reuters/NAN)

Women Suicide Bombers Kill 3 In Cameroon Mosque Attack

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Three people died in a fresh attack on a mosque by two women suicide bombers Monday in northern Cameroon, a region repeatedly targeted by Boko Haram Islamists, residents and security sources said.

“A (woman) kamikaze blew herself up near a mosque in Fotokol. A second one was neutralised and killed. It was obvious the two suicide bombers were targeting the mosque,” a local source told AFP.

“Three civilians also died,” added a security source who asked not to be named.

The attack was similar to others in the remote region bordering Lake Chad claimed by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, and occurred 24 hours after two suicide bombers left two dead and 14 injured across the border in Chadian town Ngouboua on Sunday.

Both Ngouboua and Fotokol have come under attack several times from Boko Haram fighters in the past.

Credit: AFP