KOLOFATA, (AA): Nine people — seven civilians and two suicide bombers — were killed on Sunday in a twin bomb attack that rocked Cameroon’s Far North region, according to a military source.
Col. Issa Babtoura, deputy commander of Cameroon’s fourth military region, said two young suicide bombers had blown themselves up at a market in the town of Kolofata near the Nigerian border.
Babtoura added that the bombers — who, he said, hailed from a nearby village — had been suspected members of the Boko Haram militant group.
The twin bombing comes ten days after a similar attack in the nearby town of Kerawa left thirty people dead.
It also comes shortly after a Cameroonian general was appointed commander of a regional force tasked with combating Boko Haram.
Five countries have contributed troops to the regional force, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin, Niger and Chad.
Since 2009, Boko Haram has waged a violent insurgency in Nigeria’s northeastern region.
In recent months, however, the group has broadened the scope of its attacks, striking targets in neighboring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
