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Four Dead In Suspected Boko Haram Attack In Cameroon
Umer Jamshaid 39 minutes ago Sun 28th April 2019 | 07:45 PM
Yaound�, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Apr, 2019 ) :Jihadists from Nigeria's Boko Haram killed at least four people and badly wounded four others in an attack on Kofia, a Cameroonian island on Lake Chad, an official source told AFP on Sunday.
The attackers also destroyed part of a military post and vandalised shops in the attack late Saturday, the source said, adding three civilians and one soldier were killed.
Kofia island is in the far north of Cameroonnear the border with Chad.
"Cameroon and Chadian forces" were pursuing the assailants, the source said.
The jihadist group has stepped up attacks in Cameroon and neighbouring countries. Earlier this month, they were blamed for an attack that killed 11 civilians in the northern locality of Tcharkamari.
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/miscellaneous/four-dead-in-suspected-boko-haram-attack-in-c-608330.html
Umer Jamshaid 39 minutes ago Sun 28th April 2019 | 07:45 PM
Yaound�, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Apr, 2019 ) :Jihadists from Nigeria's Boko Haram killed at least four people and badly wounded four others in an attack on Kofia, a Cameroonian island on Lake Chad, an official source told AFP on Sunday.
The attackers also destroyed part of a military post and vandalised shops in the attack late Saturday, the source said, adding three civilians and one soldier were killed.
Kofia island is in the far north of Cameroonnear the border with Chad.
"Cameroon and Chadian forces" were pursuing the assailants, the source said.
The jihadist group has stepped up attacks in Cameroon and neighbouring countries. Earlier this month, they were blamed for an attack that killed 11 civilians in the northern locality of Tcharkamari.
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/miscellaneous/four-dead-in-suspected-boko-haram-attack-in-c-608330.html
