2 Bokoharam Members killed in Cameroon

Suspected Boko Haram militants had attacked a town in far north of Cameroon but local security forces fought them off, killing at least two of the sect members, Cameroon’s government said.

The attack in the Mayo Tsanaga Division in the Far North Region is the latest in a series of clashes between Cameroon security forces and the group.

Cameroon’s information minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary told the Voice of America (VOA) that a raid was carried out at the weekend by 50 well-armed gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram.

“Our defence and security forces fought back immediately. [They] killed two of the assailants, seized one of their vehicles and a Kalashnikov war weapon, forcing them to run back crossing the border into the Nigerian territory,” he said.

He did not say if any government troops were killed or wounded in the fighting.

Boko Haram has waged a five-year campaign of attacks on civilians and security forces in northern Nigeria but the mass kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls in April focused world attention and drawn pledges of a regional coordinated push against them.

Nigeria has accused Cameroon of not doing enough to tackle Boko Haram, which grabbed global attention in April by kidnapping more than 200 girls from a school and has killed hundreds of civilians in northern Nigeria since then.

Nigeria’s head of counter-terrorism said last month Cameroon was the weakest link in the regional fight against the group.

Cameroon security forces killed 40 militants in fighting a week ago, shortly after reinforcements were sent to the far north.

Source: Leadership