Yaounde - At least five people were killed in a
suicide bomb attack on Sunday in the northern
Cameroon town of Mora, military sources said, in
what appeared to be the latest cross-border
attack by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militant
group.
The dead included a police officer, two civilians
and the two female suicide bombers, who
detonated themselves at around 07:00 GMT in
the Galdi neighbourhood near the entrance to
the town.
"It happened not far from the town stadium
when the police officer who was killed attempted
to carry out a routine check," said one of the
military officers, who asked not to be named as
he was not authorised to speak to the press.
He said authorities had dispatched teams to the
scene of the bombing to gather more details and
it was possible the death toll from the attack
could rise.
Mora lies just a few kilometres from Boko
Haram's strongholds in northeastern Nigeria.
The Islamist group has stepped up its attacks in
the area since Cameroon last year launched a
crackdown on the group, which had previously
used the Extreme North region as a base for
recruiting and supplying its operations in Nigeria.
Cameroon is a major contributor to an 8 700-
strong, Nigerian-led regional force expected to
start operations against Boko Haram this year.
Reuters
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