Boko Haram Attacks Cameroonian Barracks, Frees High Profile Fighters

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect on Monday, May 5, 2014 launched an attack on a Cameroon Gendarmes barracks and killed two personnel in a gun battle in the Northern part of the country.


According to Sahara Reporters, the attacks which occurred in the barracks located in Kousseri town lying on the border with Chad.

The source reports that after the Boko Haram insurgents killed two security personnel, they freed two of their high profile fighters being held in the barracks detention facility.

A Cameroonian journalist said that the country’s military are presently strategizing on waging a war on the insurgents operating around its border with Nigeria.