Boko Haram Kills 31 Muslims In Northern Cameroon

The Defence Ministry on Thursday
said Islamist terrorist group Boko
Haram killed 31 people when it
burnt three mosques in northern
Cameroon.
Defence Minister Edgar Ngo’o
confirmed the news in Yaounde.
“The attack took place in Fotokol, a
town in the country’s Far North
region bordering Nigeria.
The insurgents on Wednesday killed
82 civilians there, as well as six
Cameroonian and 13 Chadian
soldiers.
The figure will definitely rise given
the rather large number of wounded
people, some of them critically,’’
Ngo’o told newsmen.
Reports state that Boko Haram
descended on Fotokol to revenge
the deaths of no fewer than 200 of
their members killed by Chadian
and Nigerian troops this week.
It added that Nigerian and Chadian
aircrafts have been bombing Boko
Haram hideouts since Monday.
Over 2,000 Chadian soldiers were
stationed along Nigeria-Cameroon
this week after the AU agreed on
Jan. 31 to send 7,500 troops to fight
Boko Haram.
Boko Haram has killed over 13,000
people since 2009 in northern
Nigeria under the pretext of trying
to establish an Islamist state.
In recent months, the group
increased attacks on bordering
countries, including Cameroon and
Chad.
Chad has moved several thousand
troops to Cameroon to fight Boko
Haram.
The insurgents control about 130
villages and towns in northern
Nigeria, a territory the size of
Belgium, and have sparked fears of
regional instability.