BFF-03 Six Cameroon soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack: authorities

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Six Cameroon soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack: authorities

YAOUND, Sept 16, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Six Cameroonian soldiers were
killed Friday in an attack by Boko Haram jihadists in the far
north of the country, authorities said on Sunday.

Nine other soldiers were injured in the attack carried out on
a military post at Soueram near Fotokol in the Lake Chad region by
armed men, an army officer and two high-ranking officials in the
local administration told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Five soldiers died during the attack and a sixth succumbed to
his injuries on Sunday, one of the officials told AFP.

The toll was confirmed by the other official, as well as an
army officer, who also said the killers were members of Boko
Haram.

Soueram is very close to the border with Nigeria in the
restive Lake Chad region.

On June 10, 17 Cameroonian soldiers were killed in an attack
in the same region.

The jihadist uprising which started in 2009 has killed more
than 27,000 people, displaced some two million, and spilled over
into neighbouring countries, sparking a dire humanitarian crisis.

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