This Article is From Apr 18, 2015

Boko Haram Cameroon Attack Toll Rises to 19, 'Many Beheaded': Security Source

Boko Haram Cameroon Attack Toll Rises to 19, 'Many Beheaded': Security Source

File Photo: Members of the terror group Boko Haram (Agence France-Presse)

Yaounde: 19 people were killed in Thursday night's attack on a Cameroonian village by Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants, a security source said in an updated toll, adding that most of the victims were beheaded.

"The final toll from this attack is 19 dead, with a majority of the victims decapitated," a security source said Saturday on condition of anonymity.

Security sources had previously said 10 civilians were killed in the cross-border raid on the village of Bia in Cameroon's Far North region.

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