Multiple Suicide Bombers Hit Cameroon Market, Killing 29

KABUL: (MEP) At least 29 people were killed and more than 40 others wounded after three suicide bombers carried out a series of attacks at a market in northern Cameroon, a region often targeted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram.

Local officials said, two attackers targeted the market in Bodo, and one other detonated explosives in town.

The wounded have been shifted to hospitals in Kousseri, the region’s Gov. Midjiyawa Bakari said.

An earlier report mentioned three suicide bombers but a local source said there were four young girl bombers.

It was the second bombing incident to hit Cameroon this year. On January 13, a suicide bomber killed 12 people and wounded at least one other in an attack on a mosque in northern Cameroon.

A Cameroon troop commander, Gen. Jacob Kodji, confirmed the attack and said Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group Boko Haram is suspected. He said some accomplices may still be in hiding.

However, no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far.