Cameroon attack death toll climbs to 32

Thirty-two people were killed on Monday when at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market in northern Cameroon, a region often targeted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants, officials were quoted by Al Arabiya as saying.

Police said the assailants hit a local market in Bodo village near the frontier with Nigeria in one of the deadliest attacks in the far north region since 2013.

Suicide bombers have killed dozens in the region in the past month. On Jan. 18, a 14-year-old suicide bomber attacked a mosque in the region, killing four — the fifth attack on a mosque in Cameroon in less than a month.

Boko Haram militants began stepping up attacks early last year on neighboring Cameroon, Niger and Chad, countries contributing to efforts to crush Boko Haram.

Source: MENA