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1st LD Writethru: 14 people killed in Cameroon suicide bomb attack

Xinhua, July 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

Fourteen people were killed and several others injured in a suicide bomb attack on Sunday evening in Cameroon's Fotokol town, on the border with Nigeria, army sources have said.

The suicide bombing took place at around 6: 00 p.m. local time, leaving 14 people dead, including the female suicide bomber and one Chadian soldier, an unnamed army official said.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack and no official statement has been issued, but it has been blamed on the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram.

The group, active in northern Nigeria, has left thousands dead. It first launched attacks on Cameroonian soil in 2013.

Fotokol has a heavy presence of Cameroonian troops deployed to fight against Boko Haram, along with some 2,500 Chadian soldiers who were deployed to the country in January.

Nigeria and its neighbors Chad and Cameroon are in a joint push to battle the militants. Endi