Militants with suspected ties to Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have killed 10 people in a raid on a remote village in north Cameroon, police say.<\/p>\n
Nine bus passengers and a soldier were shot dead after coming “face-to-face” with heavily armed militants in Zigague, they add.<\/p>\n
The son of a local chief was kidnapped in the attack, local media reports.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram, based in north-eastern Nigeria, has intensified cross-border raids into Cameroon in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
It follows the deployment of more than 1,000 soldiers to Cameroon’s long and porous border with Nigeria last month, in a bid to prevent such attacks.<\/p>\n
“A group of people we think are linked with Boko Haram made an incursion this afternoon in Zigague. They blocked the road and opened fire,” a police officer told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
The villagers were killed when the militants were confronted by Cameroonian soldiers, according to local media.<\/p>\n
State radio said suspected Boko Haram militants – who are fighting for an Islamic state in northern Nigeria – were behind the attack.<\/p>\n
Militants were also seen storming the house of a local chief and abducting his child, the radio reported, quoting an army commander.<\/p>\n
Cameroonian President Paul Biya sacked two senior army officers at the forefront of the battle against Islamist militants last week.<\/p>\n
The decision came just days after the deputy prime minister’s wife was abducted by militants from the northern town of Kologata, along with her maid, a religious leader and the local mayor.<\/p>\n
Militants have also kidnapped foreign nationals in northern Cameroon before, including a French family and Chinese workers.<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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