Boko Haram has roared its ugly head again in a traumatic suicide attack on the neigbours of Nigeria.
A Boko Haram suicide bomber has struck in the northern Cameroon which shares a boundary with Nigeria. The bad news was revealed by a provincial governor, Midjiyawa Bakari today, 30th of June, 2016.
He urged civilians to cooperate with security measures to safeguard their lives and properties. Boko Haram has in the past attacked Cameroon and Nigeria simultaneously in the past with thousands of people displaced in the former.
On how the bloody attack was orchestrated, a security source said the attacker blew himself up in the town of Djakana near the Nigerian border overnight.
“Seven people were killed immediately, including the bomber,” the source said, adding that most of the victims were members of a local vigilante group tasked with hunting down Boko Haram fighters.
“They were gathered in a video room when the attacker entered and triggered his explosives,” the security source said. According to the governor, 11 people sadly lost their lives with four others wounded and currently receiving treatment.
Boko Haram rose to prominence in Nigeria in the year 2009 and has ever since been a torn on the flesh of the Nigerian government and other neighbouring countries.