Girl Kills 5 In Suicide Bombing In Mosque
September 15 2017
A young female suicide bomber killed at least five people Wednesday at a mosque in northern Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, reports the Voice of America News.
The attack took place at the Sanda-Wadjiri mosque in Kolofata.
The girl, described as 12 or 13 years old, entered the mosque after the first call to prayer, the governor of the Midjiyawa Bakary region, told Reuters.
There was no immediate claim for the attack. The Nigeria-based Boko Haram terrorist group often...
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