Cameroon Army Kills 92 Boko Haram Militants In Nigeria
KABUL: (MEP) Cameroon’s military forces have killed at least 92 members of the Boko Haram militant group and freed 850 villagers in a joint operation with Nigerian forces, the government of Cameroon said.
Cameroon’s Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said on Friday the operation in the Nigerian village of Kumshe, close to the border with Cameroon, was carried out with the backing of the multinational force fighting Boko Haram, which includes troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.
“Two Cameroonian soldiers were killed [during the operation] by an accidental mine explosion. Five other soldiers were wounded,” Bakary said, adding that the army captured weapons and ammunition and found a centre for production of homemade mines.
There was no immediate comment from Nigeria, or independent confirmation of the operation or casualty toll.
Boko Haram seeks to implement Islamic law in northeastern Nigeria and has staged a campaign of suicide and other attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger over the past year, including killing as many as 1,000 in Cameroon.
The U.S. military calls Boko Harm the most violent extremist group in the world. The group gained global notoriety for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria in 2014 and is thought to have killed over 15,000 people over six years.
