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February 7, 2015

Boko Haram militants burn, shoot to death 100 people, wound 500 during attack on Cameroonian border town with Nigeria

Again Boko Haram is attacking ordinary people Nigeria this time in Cameroon.
Some 800 Islamic extremists attacking the town of Fotokol have “burned churches, mosques and villages and slaughtered youth who resisted joining them to fight Cameroonian forces,” said Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakari. Boko Haram is using civilians as shields, making it difficult to confront them although reinforcements have arrived in Fotokol, according to military spokesman Col. Didier Badjeck.



Cameroon — Boko Haram fighters have shot or burned to death nearly 100 civilians and wounded 500 in ongoing fighting in a border town near Nigeria, Cameroon’s government spokesman said Thursday.

Some 800 Islamic extremists attacking the town of Fotokol have “burned churches, mosques and villages and slaughtered youth who resisted joining them to fight Cameroonian forces,” said Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakari.

The insurgents also looted livestock and food in the fighting that began Wednesday and is continuing Thursday, Bakari told The Associated Press.

Boko Haram is using civilians as shields, making it difficult to confront them although reinforcements have arrived in Fotokol, according to military spokesman Col. Didier Badjeck.


Source:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/boko-haram-slaughters-100-people-wound-500-cameroon-article-1.2104194

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