Boko Haram militants kill at least 10 in north Cameroon

Fighters from Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least ten people in overnight attacks on two villages in northern Cameroon, two senior army sources told Reuters on Friday.

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Fighters from Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least ten people in overnight attacks on two villages in northern Cameroon, two senior army sources told Reuters on Friday. 

"There were consecutive attacks by Boko Haram in Bia and Blaberi in the district of Kolofata in the early morning," said one officer, who asked not to be named. 

He said the militants had fled across the nearby border into Nigeria by the time the army arrived. 

Reporting by Sylvain Andzongo; Writing by Emma Farge; editing by John Stonestreet.


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