Cameroon’s army has devastated the ranks of the dreaded Boko Haram as the troops killed 100 members even as they rescued freed 900 from hostage.The country’s minister of Defense, Joseph Beti Assomo said today on the national radio that security forces have seized large quantities of arms and ammunition during an anti-terrorist operation carried out from November 26 to 28.
Hours before this announcement, a suicide attack left six dead in the north of Cameroon.
Two women detonated an explosive charge adhered to their bodies in the town of Waza, in the Far North Region. Soldiers killed a third extremist before she could detonate the explosives, according to a military spokesman.
The Government of Cameroon denounced that Boko Haram used girls and women, through threats and lies, to carry out suicide attacks in central places. [myad]
