Boko Haram attacks Cameroon, loses Monguno in Nigeria

Boko Haram attacks Cameroon, loses Monguno in Nigeria

Monday, February 16, 2015 4:00 pm


Boko haram and their armoured tank: They lost one in Waza Cameroon today

Boko haram and their armoured tank: They lost one in Waza Cameroon today

Nigerian Boko Haram insurgents attacked a Cameroon military camp near the town of Waza in the north of the country on Monday, wounding several soldiers, an army spokesman said.

Chad, Niger and Cameroon have begun a joint offensive against Boko Haram militants who have killed thousands of people in a bid to carve out an Islamist emirate in northern Nigeria, and have increasingly staged raids across nearby borders.

“The wounded are being evacuated. The insurgents have been stopped. An APC (armoured personnel carrier) was taken from them and several of them were killed,” a Cameroonian military officer told journalists in Maroua, adding the incident was continuing.

Earlier this month, Boko Haram fighters killed more than 100 people in the northern Cameroon town of Fotokol, including residents inside their homes and a mosque, a local political leader said.

In Nigeria, the military said it recaptured the northeastern towns of Monguno and Marte from the insurgents on Monday.

The military made the announcement on its Twitter account.

The insurgents had seized Mungono, on the shores of Lake Chad, last month in a triple offensive that also targeted a town called Konduga and the outskirts and the airport of the main northeastern city of Maiduguri


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