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Boko Haram Attack Kills Five Soldiers, Civilian, Cameroon Reports
Voice of America
28 Jul 2021, 09:35 GMT+10
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON - Boko Haram Islamists killed five Cameroonian soldiers and a civilian in an attack in the far north of the country, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
The attack took place on Monday night near the border with Nigeria, where operations by the Islamist group have been on the rise.
Three soldiers and one civilian were also wounded in the attack, the statement read on state radio said.
A group of heavily armed terrorists of the Boko Haram sect, aboard several light tactical vehicles, attacked the command post . near Zigue, a few kilometers from the border with Nigeria, the statement said.
Gunmen who seized 121 students at a high school in northwestern Nigeria in early July have released 28 of them, a school official told AFP on Sunday.
The attackers stormed Bethel Baptist High School in northwestern Kaduna state on July 5, abducting students who were sleeping in their dorms.
The kidnapping was the latest by heavily armed gangs, known locally as bandits, who have long plagued northwest and central Nigeria by looting, stealing cattle and kidnapping, but have lately targeted schools and colleges.
The 28 released students had been reunited with their parents after being released on Saturday, Joseph Hayab, the Bethel Baptist High School official, told AFP.
Nigerian bandits release 28 kidnapped students
AFP
26th July, 2021 10:35:43 AM
Gunmen who seized 121 students at a high school in northwestern Nigeria in early July have released 28 of them, a school official told AFP on Sunday.
The attackers stormed Bethel Baptist High School in northwestern Kaduna state on July 5, abducting students who were sleeping in their dorms.
The kidnapping was the latest by heavily armed gangs, known locally as bandits, who have long plagued northwest and central Nigeria by looting, stealing cattle and kidnapping, but have lately targeted schools and colleges.
The 28 released students had been reunited with their parents after being released on Saturday, Joseph Hayab, the Bethel Baptist High School official, told AFP.