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Suspected Boko Haram Islamist terrorists from Nigeria kidnapped about 80 people, many of them children, and killed three others Sunday in a cross-border attack on villages in northern Cameroon, army and government officials said.
The group, which has killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds in its bid to carve out an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has targeted Cameroon and Niger over the past year as it seeks to expand its zone of operations.
The latest kidnappings, among the largest abductions on Cameroonian soil, arose as neighboring Chad deployed troops to support Cameroon’s forces in the area.
“According to our initial information, around 30 adults, most of them herders, and 50 young girls and boys aged between 10 and 15 years were abducted,” a senior army officer deployed to northern Cameroon said.
He said the early morning attack had targeted Mabass and other villages along the porous border. Soldiers intervened and exchanged fire with the raiders for about two hours, he added.