Boko Haram woman suicide bomber on Friday, killed 13 civilians, including eight children, in a village of northern Cameroon, AFP reports.
A traditional chief, Mahamat Chetima Abba in Mozogo village said the attackers arrived in the middle of the night, shouting “Allah Akbar” (“God is greater”) and brandishing machetes.
The panicked villagers tried to run off into the nearby forest, and in the stampede the suicide bomber detonated her device, he said.
The account was confirmed by a member of the local defence committee, who said his group had tried to repel the attack.
“Thirteen civilians died, two of them children aged four and five as well as six teenagers,” a regional police officer told AFP by phone, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Both attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
The police source said that in addition to the suicide bomber, the other fatality among the attackers was a man who was killed by the self-defence force.
“They infiltrated the population — Boko Haram is inflicting more and more damage here,” Chetima Abba said.
“However, it seems that they no longer have the means to carry out mass attacks using guns,” he said, noting that the assailants had carried machetes.
“They are using home-made bombs more and more,” he said.
AFP
