Cameroonian authorities yesterday
confirmed that its soldiers killed 39 Boko Haram militants during a
clash with the insurgents who were carrying out raids on three villages
on Cameroon’s territory.
The fight in Gouye town near Fotokol in the far north of Cameroon bordering Nigeria also claimed four civilian lives, the ministry said in a statement obtained by the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
According to Cameroonian military, the latest Bokoo Haram attack was targeted the village of Glawi and led the killing four Nigerian refugees and the wounding one Cameroonian, before the insurgents were pushed back by its defence forces which killed a dozen of them and pursued the rest to the boundary with Nigeria.
“Another two groups of Boko Haram entered Cameroon at around the same time, but were “immediately intercepted and neutralised by our defence forces who destroyed three 4×4 vehicles equipped with machine guns, killing 27 assailants,” the ministry said.
The toll issued by the ministry has not been confirmed by independent sources. There were also no details of any casualties suffered by the army.
The Cameroonian army regularly issues updates on the number of Boko Haram fighters it has killed.
Last week, it said it killed 107 Islamists during fighting that also saw eight Cameroonian soldiers lose their lives.
The country’s defence ministry has vowed to “totally wipe out” the group after 27 Chinese and Cameroonian hostages kidnapped in May and July on Cameroon’s territory by suspected Boko Haram Islamists were released. source leadership
The fight in Gouye town near Fotokol in the far north of Cameroon bordering Nigeria also claimed four civilian lives, the ministry said in a statement obtained by the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
According to Cameroonian military, the latest Bokoo Haram attack was targeted the village of Glawi and led the killing four Nigerian refugees and the wounding one Cameroonian, before the insurgents were pushed back by its defence forces which killed a dozen of them and pursued the rest to the boundary with Nigeria.
“Another two groups of Boko Haram entered Cameroon at around the same time, but were “immediately intercepted and neutralised by our defence forces who destroyed three 4×4 vehicles equipped with machine guns, killing 27 assailants,” the ministry said.
The toll issued by the ministry has not been confirmed by independent sources. There were also no details of any casualties suffered by the army.
The Cameroonian army regularly issues updates on the number of Boko Haram fighters it has killed.
Last week, it said it killed 107 Islamists during fighting that also saw eight Cameroonian soldiers lose their lives.
The country’s defence ministry has vowed to “totally wipe out” the group after 27 Chinese and Cameroonian hostages kidnapped in May and July on Cameroon’s territory by suspected Boko Haram Islamists were released. source leadership
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