Cameroon soldiers kill 17 Boko Haram members in Nigerian border

No fewer than 27 members of the Boko Haram insurgents have been killed by the Cameroon soldiers.

The terrorists were killed in Goshi during an attack, which claimed two military officials.

Capt. Yari Emmanuel, the head of Cameroon’s Rapid Intervention Battalion, was also killed and at least six other soldiers were injured in the operation early Thursday.

The terrorist sect had launched a series of attacks in Cameroon earlier this week.

“At least 27 Boko Haram fighters were killed in Thursday morning’s operation,” said Gen. Jacob Kodji, commander of Cameroon troops in the area.

Regional forces from Cameroon and Nigeria have since December 2015 been launching raids on Boko Haram strongholds along their borders, especially around Ashigashiya.

Ashigashiya straddles the border of northern Cameroon and Nigeria.

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