At least 25 people are reported to have been killed after suicide bombers struck a town in northern Cameroon near the border with Nigeria.<\/p>\n
A local official said many of those who died had been in the market in Bodo. At least three suicide bombers were said to be involved.<\/p>\n
The Nigeria-based militant group Boko Haram is suspected of carrying out the attack.<\/p>\n
Last month, two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in Bodo.<\/p>\n
Cameroon is part of a regional coalition fighting Boko Haram, along with Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Benin.<\/p>\n
Although the militants have been driven from most of the areas they controlled in north-eastern Nigeria, they have continued to carry out suicide bombings and raids into neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n
One witness in Bodo told the BBC that at least two of the attackers were teenage girls who had hidden their explosives in sacks of grain.<\/p>\n
Another witness said two blasts had hit the market and another had targeted a roadblock.<\/p>\n
“We were in the market [at] around 10 in the morning when we heard a blast. The second one went off not more than two minutes after and we took to our heels,” the witness said.<\/p>\n
“There is a vigilante roadblock just outside town where another bomb went off and killed six people.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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