Suicide Bombers Kill 6, Injure 30 in Cameroon

Suicide bombers have hit Cameroon’s northern border region with Nigeria, killing at the least six people and injuring 30. The attackers, who were also killed, were both female, said a source. “Six civilians were killed as well as two suicide bombers who blew themselves up” during a funeral wake in the village of Nguetchewe, a source told AFP, adding that between 30-50 people were injured.

“The villagers were gathered for the wake when two suicide attackers joined them, pretending to be family members,” said the source. The two female bombers “blew themselves up at 6:20 am, just when people who had spent the night there were preparing for a meal.” A police source in the region said several children, including a boy aged six and a 15-year-old, were among the victims. At least one member of a local committee set up in response to the upsurge in Islamic attacks was also killed.