At least 25 killed in Cameroon quadruple suicide blasts

At least 25 killed in Cameroon quadruple suicide blasts

PanARMENIAN.Net - Four suicide bombers killed about 25 people in a village in Cameroon's Far North region on Monday, January 25, a local official said, the most deadly in a string of recent attacks in an area beset by violence connected to Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Reuters reports.

Two bombers struck the Bodo central market while others hit the town's main entrance and exit points, the official said.

"There was a quadruple suicide bombing in the village of Bodo this morning. There are around 25 deaths and several wounded," he said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Cameroonian troops form part of an 8,700-strong regional force created to defeat Boko Haram, which has waged a six-year campaign to carve out a separate state in northeastern Nigeria.

Boko Haram has stepped up attacks outside Nigeria over the past year, including in Cameroon, Chad and Niger, threatening regional security.

Monday's bombing was not the first time the town of Bodo has been targeted. At the end of December, two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at the town's entrance, Reuters says.

Officials said at the time that the bombers were trying to access the market but were stopped by local residents. No others were injured in that bombing.

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