01 June 2017•Update: 01 June 2017
MAROUA, Cameroon
Two suicide bombers were killed while two other people injured in Cameroon's Far North Region near the Nigerian border Thursday, administrative officials said.
Midjiyawa Bakari, governor of the Far North region, said a young girl blew herself up when she noticed that members of the vigilance committee had spotted her.
Two members of the vigilance committee of Djakana village were injured by the explosion, he said.
The second girl, who was also carrying explosives, was shot dead by soldiers of the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR).
Cameroon’s Far North Region has been severely affected by attacks, raids and kidnappings perpetrated by the Boko Haram militant group.
Last week, three suicide bombers were killed near a market in Cameroon's Far North while they were trying to explode their bombs.
A military source said the two suicide bombers came from neighboring Nigeria.
"We are constantly in fear and we do not know who to trust. The borders are open and suicide bombers can enter the Cameroonian territory at any time," Bouba Hamadou, a trader in the region said.
Approximately 26 million people in the Lake Chad region have been affected by the Boko Haram violence and more than 2.6 million displaced, according to UN Refugee Agency.
