Montreal Gazette

FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS HIT CAMP, KILLING 11

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YAOUNDE Two girl suicide bombers attacked a camp in Kolofata for those displaced by Boko Haram extremist violence and left 11 people dead, said Gov. Midjiyawa Bakari of the Far North region.

Several dozen others were wounded, the governor said.

Authoritie­s believed the girls had entered Cameroon the night before from neighbouri­ng Nigeria, where Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 in its eight-year insurgency.

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