4 killed in Boko Haram attack in Cameroon

Yaounde - Four civilians were killed in the remote
north of Cameroon in a cross-border attack by
Boko Haram militants, according to state radio.
Boko Haram has made several incursions into the
hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in
recent months. Cameroon has deployed troops to
the border in an attempt to repel them.
The militants launched their first assault in the
early evening on Thursday in the village of
Assighassia near the city of Mokolo.
Cameroon's army responded, and two of the
militants were killed and a Cameroonian soldier
injured, state-run Cameroon Radio Television
reported late on Friday.
"Two hours later, the terrorist group again
attacked the village of Ganse, also close to
Mokolo, and killed four civilians."
Officials in the defence ministry said on Saturday
they had been informed of the clashes and were
seeking to confirm the details.
More than 40 000 people have fled to Cameroon
to escape Boko Haram attacks in northern
Nigeria, according to the UN refugee agency
UNHCR, leaving behind few but the elderly and
the disabled in their villages across the border.
But once over the border they are still not safe
and UNHCR is seeking to transfer many of them
to a refugee camp further from the frontier at
Minawao.
Foncha Ngeh, a businessman based in
Cameroon's northern hub of Maroua, said that
hundreds of people were fleeing from isolated
border villages in Cameroon to bigger towns and
cities in search of safety.
Boko Haram have killed hundreds of people this
year, mostly in northeastern Nigeria, although
they have launched attacks across the country.