A Cameroon senior local official said suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded at least one in an attack on a mosque in northern Cameroon on Wednesday.
The official in the Far North region of Douala said on condition of anonymity that the attack was linked to militant, group Boko Haram.
The official disclosed that the suicide attack took place at 5:40am in a mosque at Kouyape.
The area is said to be by Nigeria’s border with Camaroon.
The female suicide bombers were reported to have carried out the attack.
The Cameroonian official said there were 13 deaths, including the man who blew himself up, and one wounded.
The official noted that many of the recent Cameroon attacks have been conducted by women.
Reuters/NAN.
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