Boko Haram stages suicide bombings in Cameroon, Chad

Boko Haram have been blamed for using teens and women to carry out suicide bombings in neighboring Chad and Cameroon this weekend, killing more than 45 people in what Cameroon’s government spokesman said is a move to spread terror as a multinational force prepares to deploy against them. Two girls between the ages of 13 […]

Boko Haram have been blamed for using teens and women to carry out suicide bombings in neighboring Chad and Cameroon this weekend, killing more than 45 people in what Cameroon’s government spokesman said is a move to spread terror as a multinational force prepares to deploy against them.
Two girls between the ages of 13 and 17 carried out suicide bombings in the northern Cameroon village of Kangeleri near Mora town on Sunday, killing at least 9 and wounding 29 others, said Cameroon’s Minister of Communications Issa Tchiroma Bakary.
The Cameroon explosions come after five suicide bombings in Chad on Saturday killed at least 36 people and wounded some 50 others near Lake Chad where thousands of Nigerians who have fled the extremists’ violence were staying. The government said a man, two women and two children carried out the attacks.
“They have shifted their tactics. They have noticed it is impossible to face our forces, so they are now using young girls or young boys with explosives, who go more undetected, in areas they are told to go,” said Bakary.