Boko Haram, recently named as the world's deadliest terror group, has struck again, killing ten civilians and a soldier in two separate attacks on Saturday. The attacks were initiated by the extremist group in the northern area of Cameroon, according to military officials, reports CNN.
The first incident claimed the lives of a family of five and a soldier, after two female suicide bombers struck at about 6 p.m. Saturday night near a military base in Dabanga, a town located near the Nigerian border. Col. Joseph Nouma, commander of Cameroon's counter terrorism forces, described the incident.
"The explosives not only killed the terrorists, it also took away the lives of five people belonging to a single family," he said.
The family was killed instantly, while the soldier later died of his injuries in a hospital. One of the soldier's colleagues was also seriously wounded in the deadly incident, reports TJC News.
Another attack, occurring just two hours later, happened the village of Gouzoudou, which is also close to the Nigerian border. In addition to claiming five more lives, the terrorist group proceeded to burn down ten houses.
Flanking the northeastern region of Nigeria, which is usually considered as Boko Haram's heartland, Cameroon's north region has had the unfortunate fate of becoming a regular target for the terror group.
Responsible for 6,644 deaths in 2014 alone, Boko Haram has overtaken ISIS as the world's deadliest terror group, according to a report released by the Global Terrorism Index earlier this month, as covered by this HNGN article.
