Cameroon: suicide bombers kill more than 20

By Euronews with Reuters

Published on 25/01/2016 - 14:52

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Four attackers target the market and main roads in Bodo, a village in the Far North area of the country.

Reports of at least 25 dead
Region beset by Boko Haram violence
Most deadly in a recent series of attacks

Four suicide bombers have killed more than 20 people in a village in the Far North of Cameroon.

Two bombers struck the Bodo central market while others hit the town’s main entrance and exit roads.

#Cameroon suspected #BokoHaram triple suicide bombing in #Bodo town: 28 killed and 62 injured pic.twitter.com/1OBn37mvKB
— TRACterrorism.org (@TRACterrorism) January 25, 2016

#Cameroon : Suicide bombers attacked a market in #bodo , 20 killed https://t.co/HTkspepH6p #terrorattac #Blast
— Oneindia.com (@Oneindia) January 25, 2016

It is the most deadly in a string of recent attacks in the region, which is beset by violence connected to the islamist militant group Boko Haram.

Latest and most deadly in a series of attacks

Monday’s bombing is not the first time Bodo has been targeted. Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at the end of December.

Officials said at the time they had been prevented from entering the market. No other people were injured.

#Cameroon mosque suicide attack kills 12 #Kouyape https://t.co/XsF1in3pZ9 pic.twitter.com/vfHyxgU7Zz
— dwnews (@dwnews) January 13, 2016

12 people died in a suicide bomb attack on January the 13th. At least one person was injured in the bombing, which happened at a mosque in Kouyape in northern Cameroon.

Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria have all contributed troops to a regional offensive devoted to driving back Boko Haram.

The United States has also sent military supplies and troops.

Who are Boko Haram?

Founded 2002 by Mohammed Yusuf in Maiduguri, the capital of the north-eastern state of Borno*
An Islamic extremist group based in north-eastern Nigeria*
Founded as a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist sect influenced by the Wahhabi movement, advocating a strict form of Sharia law
Developed into Salafist-Jihadi organisation in 2009
Also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon
Led by Abubakar Shekau
Estimated to have killed 20,000 and displaced 2.3 million from their homes since 2009
Affiliated to ISIL in March 2015
Abducted 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in 2014
Official name is Wilayat Gharb Afriqiya.
«Boko Haram » means « Western education is forbidden »
Seeks the establishment of an Islamic state in Nigeria