Mon 08 August 2022:
Security and local sources said on Monday that many people, including a soldier, were killed during weekend attacks by a Boko Haram group in Cameroon’s Far North, Xinhua reported.
According to multiple security sources in the area, the group’s militants stormed Kismatari village in the area on Sunday and killed three residents before moving on to attack Morgo community in the area overnight into Monday, when they killed one more civilian and injured another.
On Saturday, the militants ambushed and killed a soldier of the Multinational Joint Task Force identified as Olivier Ngono.
The soldier was on board a motorcycle when the militants hiding in the bush in a place called Gogolom opened fire killing him and the motorcycle rider, an official in the region told Xinhua but asked not to be named.
The Boko Haram group has stepped up attacks on civilians and security personnel in the region during the last one week, according to security reports.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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