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| Boko Haram kills six, abducts 50 in Cameroon: Soldier | |
| 2015-08-06 | |
| [AlAhram] Suspected Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... Islamists have killed at least six people and kidnapped more than 50 in a raid on a village in northern Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... , according to a soldier sent to the scene. The attack took place in the early hours of Tuesday in the village of Tchakamari in the region known as the Extreme North, which is on the border with Boko Haram's Nigerian strongholds. A vigilante from a neighbouring village gave a higher toll, saying eight had been killed, 135 kidnapped and many homes burned. "Boko Haram attacked the village of Tchakamari at around one in the morning Tuesday, killing at least six people," a soldier sent to the site of the attack told AFP. Cameroon, which is part of a regional force fighting Boko Haram Lions of Islam from neighbouring Nigeria, has been hit by a series of deadly attacks by the Islamists in recent months.
The attack came as Guinea offered help in the regional fight against Boko Haram whose bloody insurgency in Nigeria has increasingly spread to neighboring states. Guinea's President Alpha Conde said his country was ready to help in the regional fight against the Islamist Lion of Islams. "We are ready to provide any assistance asked of us... in the fight against Boko Haram," Conde said on a visit to Niger's capital Niamey. Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... Nigerian authorities said Wednesday that more than 1,000 nationals had returned home after being deported from northern Cameroon. Last week, local sources in Cameroon said Yaounde had deported more than 2,000 Nigerians living illegally in the north of the country. But Nigerian officials put the number far higher, saying that around 12,000 people had already been expelled, with the number expected to rise to 17,000. | |
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