Cameroon: 4 suicide attackers kill at least 28 people
Four suicide bombers attacked a market and town on Monday in Cameroon’s Far North region near the border with Nigeria, killing at least 28 people and wounding 65 others, officials said.
Two attackers targeted the market in Bodo and two others detonated explosives in town, said the region’s governor, Midjiyawa Bakari. The wounded have been taken to hospitals in Kousseri, he said.
“We have information the four bombers came from Nigeria. We are investigating where they spent the night before attacking the market,” Bakari said.
A Cameroon troop commander, Gen. Jacob Kodji, confirmed the attack and said Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group Boko Haram are suspected. He said some accomplices may still be in hiding.