Boko Haram fighters kill 20 Cameroonian troops: sources

In northeastern Nigeria, an attack attributed to Boko Haram fighters against mixed multinational forces base camps fighting the insurgents. The attackers infiltrated the city before striking by surprise, several military bases were set on fire and weapons seized by the attackers.

Boko Haram fighters kill 20 Cameroonian troops: sources

Boko Haram fighters disguised as herders killed at least 20 Cameroonian troops in a Tuesday morning raid on the Nigerian border town of Wulgo, local security sources and residents told AFP.

10 soldiers killed, 20 injured in Boko Haram attack in Cameroon

More than 10 Cameroonian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured after the terrorist group Boko Haram raided a military outpost in the country's Far North Region, according to local and security sources, reported Xinhua. The attack took place overnight into Tuesday. Boko Haram militants ambushed and attacked the Wulgo military camp located at the border with Nigeria, an army official in the region told Xinhua by phone on Tuesday. "The terrori…

Boko Haram Kills 20 Cameroonian Troops In Deadly Wulgo Attack

Boko Haram militants disguised as herders killed 20 Cameroonian troops in Wulgo. The attackers raided military bases, burned structures, and seized heavy

Cameroonian forces regularly operate in the region, as well as the forces of Nigeria, Niger and Chad, as part of anti-jihadist operations around Lake Chad, an unstable area where fighters from Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa are also located.

In the Lake Chad region, on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, the terrorist group carried out an offensive against an advanced Joint Multilateral Force post, which would be Boko Haram's first attack on the Cameroonian army with drones loaded with explosives.