Boko Haram struck in a small town about 30 kilometers from Makary, not far from the Cameroon-Nigeria.
The small town had so far being spared. On May 25, 2017 the militants came attacking:
“According to local residents, the attackers who came on board two pick-ups surprised the soldiers who were playing football. Were it not for the valor of the soldiers, the human damage could have been very heavy.
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| Military post in Cameroon |
The terrorists also set fire to the military post," one reads.
A man named Naiguissia who was the head of the Bongour military post, was reportedly killed during the attack.
On May 26, another attack occurred in Kolofata, this time in Mayo-Sava. L'oeuil Sahel, a newspaper reports:
“Around 9 am on that day a bomber carrying a large explosive charge on a bicycle attempted to infiltrate the town by the main road linking Kolofata to the border with Nigeria."
