UN team struck on Nigeria Cameroon border

Five people are dead after an attack on a UN team on the border of Nigeria and Cameroon.

An armed group has attacked a UN technical team working along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, killing five people and wounding several, the United Nations Office for West Africa says.

The attack occurred on Tuesday at around 1400 local time near the Cameroonian border town of Kontcha, the statement said.

"The victims were one UN independent contractor, three Nigerian nationals and one Cameroonian national," it added.


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