Cameroon Army kills 100 from Boko Haram, frees 900 hostages

The Cameroon military has reportedly killed 100 Boko Haram members and freed 900 hostages.

“It is important that Cameroon is coordinating the operation with its neighbouring countries, as it denies Boko Haram easy exit routes across the border”, Musa said. They said, he was carrying bomb.

Gas stations, plagued with long queues due to persisting fuel shortage in the country, have been a common target for the terrorist group that pledged allegiance to Daesh or the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

Overnight a double suicide bombing by Boko Haram in Waza in the north killed at least three.

The hostages were residents of those villages who had been “taken prisoner” by that group, adding that a large number of them had been handed over to a camp for the displaced. The government denies that Boko Haram holds any territory in Cameroon.

The rescue operation was publicly announced a day after an incident in which two suicide bombers, both teenage girls, blew themselves up in the Cameroonian town of Waza.

Since July, Cameroon’s far northern region has been regularly targeted by suicide bombers believed to be working with Boko Haram.

Boko Haram espouses a fundamentalist interpretation of Sunni Islam and regards Shiite Muslims as heretics.

Although these reports are yet to be independently verified it appears the terror crackdown lasted lasted from November 26 to November 28.

Cameroon has faced incursions from the Boko Haram militants and its army is part of a regional force combating the group that also includes soldiers from Niger and Chad.

“These are the latest in an appalling series of attacks by Boko Haram elements on the civilian population of the region”, it added.