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A local mayor suspects Boko Haram militants crossing the border from Nigeria into northern Cameroon
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed three people in the Far North region of Cameroon.
The attackers attacked early Monday, killing three members of a self-defense group, said the traditional chief and mayor of the Mozogo commune, Mahamat Chetima Abba.
He added that the jihadists had crossed the border from Nigeria and attacked Kiliari in Nguetchewe.
Boko Haram has stepped up attacks in the extreme north region of Cameroon in recent days.
On Saturday, the attackers killed a school teacher in the town of Ouzal in Mayo Moskota.
Boko Haram began fighting in Nigeria in 2009 and has spread to neighboring Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
At least 37,500 people have died and more than 3 million people have been displaced in the last decade, according to the United Nations.
This most recent series of attacks comes just days after Cameroon’s President Paul Biya told Cameroonians in his New Year’s speech that the militants’ actions have been significantly curtailed by the country’s security forces.
