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Explosive device kills nine in Cameroun, injures 26

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Bomb blast kills five children along Nigeria-Cameroon border



In an explosion that took place on Monday, in Northern Cameroun, nine persons were killed while 26 others were left injured.

The Regional Governor, Midjiyawa Bakari said, the incident occurred in Fotokol, a town near the border with Nigeria, when “young men in search of metals’’ stumbled on a homemade bomb before mistakenly detonating it.

Initially, there were fears that the explosion was linked to the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram which poses a steady threat in Nigeria, but Bakari dismissed this after investigations proved otherwise.

He said a group of people going to a market in Fotokol had all crossed the informal border bridge from Nigeria. The youngsters were attracted by the glint of metal.

“One of them realised the metal was dangerous and wanted to get rid of it, but the device exploded.

Those injured were receiving treatment at a local medical facility,’’ Bakari said.

While active in Nigeria, Boko Haram has also launched offensives in neighbouring Cameroun, Chad and Niger.

Since 2009, tens of thousands of people have died at the hands of the Sunni fundamentalists in the region and an estimated 2.5 million people fled their homes.

It has not been established as to who had planted the device or when it had been planted.

 

 

NAN

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