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| At least eight killed in 'Boko Haram attack' in Cameroon |
| 2014-10-07 |
| [NEWS.YAHOO] At least eight people were killed in Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... on Monday in a rocket attack blamed on the Islamist group Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... in neighbouring Nigeria, security officials said. A police officer told AFP that Boko Haram "The rocket landed in Amchide, killing eight civilians and injuring many more. We fear that the number of dead will rise," said the policeman, who asked not to be named. A Cameroonian security agent said the rocket landed in a road where many people were shopping. Boko Haram took control of Banki several weeks ago and the The residents of Amchide have set up self-defence groups to fight off the Islamists. |
| Posted by:Fred |