Twin suicide bombings kill at least 5 in north Cameroon | Inquirer News

Twin suicide bombings kill at least 5 in north Cameroon

/ 07:29 AM November 29, 2015

Nigeria Boko Haram

Injured males receive treatment at a local hospital following an explosion at a mobile phone market in Kano, Nigeria. Wednesday Nov. 18, 2015. The suicide bomber exploded as truckers were tucking into dinner at the bustling marketplace where vendors urged them to buy sugar cane. At least 34 people were killed and another 80 wounded in Yola, a town packed with refugees from Nigeria’s Islamic uprising, emergency officials said Wednesday. Later Wednesday, two more suicide bombers killed at least 15 people in the northern city of Kano and injured 53, according to police. AP

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — A military official says two female suicide bombers have staged attacks in north Cameroon, killing at least five people.

Col. Jacob Kodji said Saturday that one teenager set off explosives in a local shop, killing two people, and the other targeted a family in the town of Dabanga near Cameroon’s northern border with Nigeria. He said the suicide bombers were Nigerians who came to Cameroon as refugees.

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Kodji says 12 others were injured and are receiving treatment at a military camp in Mora.

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No group claimed responsibility for the attacks which are in line with others launched by Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists.

This year Boko Haram has expanded attacks into Cameroon, Chad and Niger — all countries contributing troops to a regional force intended to wipe out the extremists.

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