At least 17 fighters from the Nigerian Islamic extremist
group Boko Haram have died in clashes with Cameroon
troops in the border town of Amchide, informed sources
said Tuesday. In the nearby village of Gouzoudou
meanwhile two women carried out a
botched suicide attack, injuring two
farmers. “Fifteen Boko Haram (fighters) were
killed Tuesday and several others
injured,” a source close to regional
authorities told AFP after the clash. Two further members of the group,
which is affiliated to Islamic State, died
in a Monday night confrontation with
soldiers, the source added, saying the
army did not incur any casualties. A security source who did not wish to
be identified indicated that “Boko
Haram made an incursion into
Amchide yesterday” but were pushed
back by Cameroonian troops. The source added they returned
Tuesday but were likewise repulsed. Amchide is just over the border from
the Nigerian city of Banki, which has
been occupied for around a year by
Boko Haram and which Nigerian
troops are preparing to retake,
according to Cameroonian sources. At the entrance to Gouzoudou village,
which is also located in Cameroon’s far
north, two female suicide bombers
blew themselves up, a security source
told AFP. “The two suicide attackers appeared
to have been aiming to blow
themselves up on Monday, which is
market day in the village, but it was
guarded by the security forces,” a
source close to the authorities said. The two women hid and carried out
the attack at dawn Tuesday. “Two people who were on their way
to the fields were wounded,” the
source added. More than 100 people have been
killed in a total of 13 suicide attacks by
Boko Haram in Cameroon’s far north
since July. Troops from both Nigeria and
Cameroon belong to a multinational
regional joint task also comprising
forces from Benin, Chad and Niger
tasked with driving back Boko Haram
as it seeks to spread its sphere of influence. The extremists have killed around
15,000 people in a six-year
insurgency which has left more than
two million homeless.www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/09/boko-haram-fighters-die-in-clashes-with-cameroon-army/

I luv d way dis country is handling terrorism with extreme brutality

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