The Cameroonian army killed 143
Boko Haram fighters who attacked a military
base in the northern town of Kolofata on
Monday, in what the government said was the militants' heaviest loss yet on its territory.
One Cameroonian soldier also lost his life in
the clashes, Communications Minister and
government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in a statement read out on television and radio.
The toll was "the heaviest loss yet" suffered
by Boko Haram on Cameroonian soil, he said,
and comes at a time of fears of increased
cross-border raids by the Nigeria-based group
into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
The spokesperson said the attack began in the
early hours when "several hundred" Islamist
fighters took advantage of thick fog to cross
over from Nigeria and tried to storm the
town's military base, where an elite army unit is stationed.

Intense fighting

Intense fighting erupted near the base,
lasting for more than five hours before the
attackers fled back towards the border, the
spokesman said, adding that the army had
seized a significant arsenal of heavy weaponry
from the militants.
A local source said residents fled "as soon as
people heard the first gunfire" in the town.
The attack on Kolofata comes after the
group's leader Abubakar Shekau vowed last
week in a YouTube message to hit back at
Cameroon for sending warplanes into action
against the fighters in December after they
seized a military camp.
Monday's offensive was the first by Boko
Haram on the town since the army's elite
Rapid Intervention Battalion was deployed to defend the area after deadly attacks in 2014.
Several people were killed in an attack on
Kolofata in July and 27 people, including the
wife of a deputy prime minister, were held
hostage for several weeks by the militants. The Cameroonian army killed 143
Boko Haram fighters who attacked a military
base in the northern town of Kolofata on
Monday, in what the government said was the militants' heaviest loss yet on its territory.
One Cameroonian soldier also lost his life in
the clashes, Communications Minister and
government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in a statement read out on television and radio.
The toll was "the heaviest loss yet" suffered
by Boko Haram on Cameroonian soil, he said,
and comes at a time of fears of increased
cross-border raids by the Nigeria-based group
into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
The spokesperson said the attack began in the
early hours when "several hundred" Islamist
fighters took advantage of thick fog to cross
over from Nigeria and tried to storm the
town's military base, where an elite army unit is stationed.

Intense fighting

Intense fighting erupted near the base,
lasting for more than five hours before the
attackers fled back towards the border, the
spokesman said, adding that the army had
seized a significant arsenal of heavy weaponry
from the militants.
A local source said residents fled "as soon as
people heard the first gunfire" in the town.
The attack on Kolofata comes after the
group's leader Abubakar Shekau vowed last
week in a YouTube message to hit back at
Cameroon for sending warplanes into action
against the fighters in December after they
seized a military camp.
Monday's offensive was the first by Boko
Haram on the town since the army's elite
Rapid Intervention Battalion was deployed to defend the area after deadly attacks in 2014.
Several people were killed in an attack on
Kolofata in July and 27 people, including the
wife of a deputy prime minister, were held
hostage for several weeks by the militants.[/b]The Cameroonian army killed 143
Boko Haram fighters who attacked a military
base in the northern town of Kolofata on
Monday, in what the government said was the militants' heaviest loss yet on its territory.
One Cameroonian soldier also lost his life in
the clashes, Communications Minister and
government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in a statement read out on television and radio.
The toll was "the heaviest loss yet" suffered
by Boko Haram on Cameroonian soil, he said,
and comes at a time of fears of increased
cross-border raids by the Nigeria-based group
into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
The spokesperson said the attack began in the
early hours when "several hundred" Islamist
fighters took advantage of thick fog to cross
over from Nigeria and tried to storm the
town's military base, where an elite army unit is stationed.

Intense fighting

Intense fighting erupted near the base,
lasting for more than five hours before the
attackers fled back towards the border, the
spokesman said, adding that the army had
seized a significant arsenal of heavy weaponry
from the militants.
A local source said residents fled "as soon as
people heard the first gunfire" in the town.
The attack on Kolofata comes after the
group's leader Abubakar Shekau vowed last
week in a YouTube message to hit back at
Cameroon for sending warplanes into action
against the fighters in December after they
seized a military camp.
Monday's offensive was the first by Boko
Haram on the town since the army's elite
Rapid Intervention Battalion was deployed to defend the area after deadly attacks in 2014.
Several people were killed in an attack on
Kolofata in July and 27 people, including the
wife of a deputy prime minister, were held
hostage for several weeks by the militants.

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