Cameroonian authorities yesterday confirmed that its soldiers killed 40 Boko Haram militants during a clash.
The insurgents had carried out raids on three villages on Cameroon’s territory.
A statement obtained by the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), said the fight in Gouye town near Fotokol in the far north of Cameroon bordering Nigeria also claimed four civilian lives.
According to Cameroonian military, the latest Boko Haram attack targeted the village of Glawi and led to the killing of four Nigerian refugees and the wounding of one Cameroonian, before the insurgents were pushed back by its defence forces, which killed a dozen of them and pursued the rest to the boundary with Nigeria.
“Another two groups of Boko Haram entered Cameroon at around the same time, but were “immediately intercepted and neutralised by our defence forces who destroyed three 4×4 vehicles equipped with machine guns, killing 27 assailants”, the statement said.
The toll issued by the ministry has not been confirmed by independent sources.
There were also no details of any casualties suffered by the army.
The Cameroonian army regularly issues updates on the number of Boko Haram fighters it has killed.
Last week, it said it killed 107 Islamists during fighting that also saw eight Cameroonian soldiers lose their lives.
The country’s defence ministry has vowed to “totally wipe out” the group after 27 Chinese and Cameroonian hostages kidnapped in May and July on Cameroon’s territory by suspected Boko Haram Islamists were released.
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