Cameroon troops kill 8 suspected Boko Haram gunmen: Official

YAOUNDE (AFP) - Cameroonian security forces killed eight gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram, the Islamist group sowing terror in neighbouring Nigeria, a paramilitary official said on Tuesday.

"Eight Boko Haram were killed during a mixed patrol of soldiers and paramilitary officers around Mora (northern Cameroon)", the official said.

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