Villagers: Cameroon troops kill 40 in pursuit of Boko Haram

A double suicide bomb attack hit a school in the town of Kerawa in north Cameroon on Thursday, a local official said, though it was not yet clear how many, if any, were dead or wounded.

The first blast came when a man blew himself up at a military checkpoint.

“The suicide bombers were escorted to Cameroon by Boko Haram fighters”, Bakary said.

There were no other reported deaths in the double suicide bomb attack, though an unknown number of people were injured, one official said.

Ayuba Chibok said the blasts happened at about midday (11:00 GMT) as the remote town in Borno state was packed with traders from surrounding villages for the weekly market.

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Over 30 persons are said to be injured.

The third blast detonated as residents were trying to apprehend another female bomber whom they’d seen carrying explosives, said another civilian, Daniel Hassan.

Ngufor Jacob, leader of Cameroon’s university students association, says that by visiting with people from Bodo, his group shows solidarity with Cameroon and Nigerian forces fighting Boko Haram terrorism.

At least 57 girls escaped captivity following the incident.

Abba told The Associated Press that one of his brothers who survived said the Cameroonians arrived in the early hours of Monday “and began to shoot sporadically”.

Babban Gida, which lies 50 kilometres from the state capital Damaturu, has been repeatedly targeted by Boko Haram extremists, whose six-year insurgency has claimed over 17,000 lives and displaced 2.6 million from their homes.

Cameroon is part of a regional coalition fighting Boko Haram, along with Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Benin.