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27 Boko Haram Members Killed By Cameroonian Troops

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27 Boko Haram Islamist sect  members have been killed by the Cameroonian Army near a northern town according to a state radio, CRTV in a sign of growing cross-border activity by the militants.

 

Boko Haram fighters have crossed the border into Cameroon earlier this week, after they attacked a military base and also a police station in Nigeria. The attack was said to have sent 480 Nigerian troops retreating across the frontier.

The state radio stated that the 27 members killed occurred near Fotokol on the far-north, adding that the deaths occurred on Monday and Tuesday with no word on any Cameroonian casualties.

A Cameroonian soldier in the region said the militants had been pushed back into Nigeria, with calm returning to the area on Wednesday.

In recent weeks, Boko Haram has stepped up attacks in Cameroon, leading the central African country to increase deployments along its jungle border.

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But Cameroon has not always been successful in fending off Boko Haram raids. President Paul Biya dismissed two senior army officers last month following attacks in which at least seven people were killed and the wife of the vice prime minister was kidnapped

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27 Boko Haram Members Killed By Cameroonian Troops

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27 Boko Haram Islamist sect  members have been killed by the Cameroonian Army near a northern town according to a state radio, CRTV in a sign of growing cross-border activity by the militants.

Boko Haram fighters have crossed the border into Cameroon earlier this week, after they attacked a military base and also a police station in Nigeria. The attack was said to have sent 480 Nigerian troops retreating across the frontier.
The state radio stated that the 27 members killed occurred near Fotokol on the far-north, adding that the deaths occurred on Monday and Tuesday with no word on any Cameroonian casualties.
A Cameroonian soldier in the region said the militants had been pushed back into Nigeria, with calm returning to the area on Wednesday.
In recent weeks, Boko Haram has stepped up attacks in Cameroon, leading the central African country to increase deployments along its jungle border.
But Cameroon has not always been successful in fending off Boko Haram raids. President Paul Biya dismissed two senior army officers last month following attacks in which at least seven people were killed and the wife of the vice prime minister was kidnapped

- See more at: http://aitonline.tv/post-27_boko_haram_members_killed_by_cameroonian_troops#sthash.bVc3ASTH.dpuf