At least 41 militants and one soldier were
reportedly killed as the Cameroonian military
launched an air raid on suspected Boko Haram
fighters who attacked one of its bases on the
border near Amchide and seized a huge portion
of the town of Ashigashia.
The Voice of America quoted Cameroon military
spokesman, Col. Didier Badjeck, as saying that
about 1,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters had
seized parts of the villages of Ngouma, Sagme,
Ardebe, Mbaljuel, Dambore, Soueram and
Ashigashia and briefly occupied a military camp
on Sunday.
Badjeck also said the militants also kidnapped
several girls on Friday and forced them to marry
the group’s fighters.
He said the military was informed by local
residents that Boko Haram members had
abducted girls between the ages of 12 and 15
and forced them to marry sect members.
Consequently, President Paul Biya of Cameroon
ordered the air strike against the sect. This
forced the Boko Haram fighters from
neighbouring Nigeria to flee the camp at
Assighasia, Al Jazeera quoted the
Communications Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary,
as saying in a statement.
Bakary said the multiple attacks showed that
Boko Haram had adopted a new strategy aimed
at “distracting Cameroonian troops on different
fronts, making them more vulnerable in the face
of the mobility and unpredictability of their
attacks.”
Bakary said at least 34 militants were killed after
the army raided one of their bases in Cameroon,
while another seven were killed in a separate
clash which also claimed the life of a soldier.
Last week, Cameroon said it had dismantled a
Boko Haram training camp on its territory, and
had rescued 84 children who were being trained
there.
More than 40 of its soldiers have been killed in
fighting with Boko Haram this year, according to
Reuters.
A Boko Haram squad attacked the Assighasia
camp on Sunday morning and the “Cameroonian
defence forces had to withdraw after trying to
defend the position”, the government statement
said.

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