Boko Haram Attack Claims Lives Of Six Terrorists, Three Civilians, One Soldier

A Boko Haram attack on Saturday, March 27 night has claimed the lives of six members of the terrorist group, three civilians and one Cameroonian soldier in a fight on a military camp in Dabanga, Far North Region of Cameroon.

Eye witness accounts revealed that the heavily armed assailants arrived at the camp in pick-up vehicles and motorbikes as the night was setting in.

“They passed when we were just coming out of prayers. We thought they were our military forces who were on their regular patrol,” Adamou Adoum, a member of the town’s vigilante committee revealed.

“Some youths called our attention to the fact that they were not forces of the Rapid Intervention Battalion, (BIR).” 

“That is how we realised that they were Boko Haram. Everybody ran into his house. It was when we heard gunshots that everybody came out and started fleeing to go hide in the bush,” he added. 

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While carrying out the attack, the terrorist targeted several objects including the BIR camp.

“Cameroonian soldiers and elements of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) rallied when they discovered who the assailants were and launched a counter-attack forcing the Boko Haram terrorists to flee,” another eyewitness said

“The final casualty count is six Boko Haram terrorists, three civilians and one soldier killed while the fleeing terrorists abandoned their four-wheel-drive vehicles and motorbikes including a large number of arms and ammunition.”

According to local sources, calm has so far returned to Dabanga and the people who fled into the bushes have returned to their houses.