Cameroon Suicide Bomb Attacks Leaves 12 Dead
Two suicide bombers have reportedly killed 12 people and wounded over 40 others in a small town in northern Cameroon near the Nigerian border late Wednesday.
An army colonel responsible for evacuating the wounded, who asked to remain anonymous, said: “there were 14 deaths, including the two suicide bombers, and 42 wounded.
“The attack was perpetrated by one suicide bomber, and the other was shot dead.”
The attack was carried out by two women, who walked into a busy area in the centre of Waza, eight km from the Nigerian border, said Midjiyawa Bakari, the governor for the Far North region where the attack took place.
He said that 13 had been killed and 43 wounded.
The source said a baby was among the dead.
He said many were seriously wounded and were flown to nearby hospitals.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the region has been a frequent target of Boko Haram militants in their eight-year bid to carve out an Islamic caliphate beyond Nigeria
