NIGERIA-VIOLENCE/CAMEROON Cameroon says two suicide attacks kill at least 13 in Maroua

Record ID: 149266

  • Title: NIGERIA-VIOLENCE/CAMEROON Cameroon says two suicide attacks kill at least 13 in Maroua
  • Date: 22nd July 2015
  • Summary: MAROUA, CAMEROON (JULY 22, 2015) (REUTERS) MEN AND SOLDIERS CARRYING DEAD BODY / LOADING BODY IN TRUCK MEN REMOVING BODY FROM DEBRIS IN MARKET SOLDIERS OUTSIDE MARKET MEN COVERING BODY WITH WHITE SHEET DAMAGED CAR MAROUA OFFICIAL ARRIVING AT SCENE INJURED MAN IN WHEELCHAIR PUSHED BY MEDICS IN MAROUA HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF POLICE / SECURITY IN STREET STREET SCENE
  • Embargoed: 6th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Cameroon
  • Country: Cameroon
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA1UCLZV2XKVSIDU56C61O5W2NY
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT IS 4:3
    Two suicide bomb attacks killed at least 13 people and injured 32 others in northern Cameroon on Wednesday (July 22), the president's office said, in what appeared to be the deepest incursion by Boko Haram militants from neighbouring Nigeria.
    The first explosion hit a market and the second a densely populated neighbourhood, both in the capital of Cameroon's Far North region, Maroua, a military source told Reuters.
    No one claimed responsibility, but Boko Haram has stepped up attacks on the countries bordering its northeast Nigerian stronghold - Chad, Niger as well as Cameroon.
    All three have contributed troops to a regional offensive against the Islamist militants who have allied themselves to Islamic State and pose one of the biggest security threats in the combustible region.
    "People were running in all directions," said Celestin, a teacher, who said he had just arrived at the city's central market when the first bomb went off.
    Reuters television images showed the market littered with debris as military and health officials removed corpses from the scene wrapped in sheets.
    A statement from the office of President Paul Biya said 13 people were killed in the attack. Cameroon state television channel CRTV quoted the region's governor saying 17 people died.
    The blasts came 10 days after two suicide attacks killed 13 people in Fotokol, about 300 km (200 miles) north of Maroua.
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