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1st LD: At least 2 killed in suspected Boko Haram suicide boming in Cameroon

Xinhua,December 12, 2017 Adjust font size:

YAOUNDE, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- At least two civilians were killed on Monday in a suspected Boko Haram suicide bombing in Cameroon's Far North province, a source told Xinhua.

Oumar, a local resident, said the attack occurred at 5:45 a.m. local time when the young bomber detonated inside the Abdoulaye mosque in Kerawa, a town in Mayo Sava department of the province, killing the imam and the muezzin.

The bomber died in the blast. Enditem