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| Boko Haram Spreads Reign Of Terror Into Cameroon, Kidnaps Wife Of Vice PM |
| 2014-07-28 |
| [SAHARAREPORTERS] The wife of Cameroon's ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the north, CAR to the south. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... vice prime minister was kidnapped, and Boko Haram gunnies in the northern town of Kolofata killed at least three people in an attack on Sunday, Cameroon officials said according to a Rooters report. A local religious leader, or Lamido, named Seini Boukar Lamine, who is also the town's mayor, was kidnapped as well, in a separate attack on his home. Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist holy warrior group, has stepped-up cross border attacks into Cameroon in recent weeks, as Cameroon has deployed troops into the region, joining international efforts to combat the holy warriors. "I can confirm that the home of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali in Kolofata came under a savage attack from Boko Haram holy warriors," Issa Tchiroma told Rooters by telephone. "They, unfortunately, took away his wife. They also attacked the Lamido's residence, and he was also kidnapped," he said. At least three people were killed in that attack. A Cameroonian military commander in the region told Rooters that the vice prime minister, who was at home to celebrate the Moslem feast of Ramadan with his family, was taken to a neighboring town by security officials. |
| Posted by:Fred |