Four suicide bombers target market in Cameroon, kill 22

Four suicide bombers target market in Cameroon, kill 22

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 05:57 PM IST
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Yaounde (Cameroon) :  Two suicide bombers hit a market in the north Cameroon village of Meme, killing at least 22 people, and two others targeted a school in a nearby town, a Cameroon governor said.

  The attackers at the market disguised themselves as food vendors, said Far North Governor Midjiyawa Bakari.

  The 105 wounded are being treated at the hospital in the nearby town of Tokombere, some in critical condition, he said.

  Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group based in Nigeria, was suspected.

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