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Boko Haram Cameroon attack toll rises to 19, 'many beheaded': security source.

Published: 18 Apr 2015 - 08:56 pm | Last Updated: 15 Jan 2022 - 02:31 am

Yaoundé - Nineteen 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.

AFP