The Boko Haram insurgents have killed 23 people and burnt down a
village in an attack on Mozogo district in Cameroon’s Far North Region,
an official said at the weekend
Regional governor Mijiyawa Bakary said: “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.”
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 a 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.”
Regional governor Mijiyawa Bakary said: “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.”
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 a 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.”
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