The Cameroonian defense forces have deflected an attack launched by members of the sect at the level of the said bridge of Fotokol in the Logone and Chari.
A week after they laid siege at the towns of Ngala and Gambaru, in the northeast of Nigeria, members of the Boko Haram sect attempted an incursion Monday evening in Cameroonian territory at the level of the Fotokol bridge.
According to the prefect of the Logone and Chari, Albert Mekondane Obounou, this attempted incursion made, follow-up several others, in order to avenge their comrades who were killed in recent attacks.
"Too reluctant to concede losses, the attackers tried to enter Fotokol Monday evening at 6h 05 min by the bridge on the river Elbeid ', said the prefet. The Cameroonian defense forces posted in the city violently retaliated with a heavy balance for the attackers. "It is difficult at the moment to come out with an accurate account of human damages because these insurgents recover for most cases the bodies of their companions," the prefect said.
But military sources evoke a quarantine of attackers killed during this attachment and two charred vehicles. On the Cameroonian side, a corporal of the BIR was wounded in the forearm according to Albert Mekondane Obounou.
Since they took control of the border towns of Ngala and Gambalu to the Cameroonian town of Fotokol, the Islamists of the Boko Haram sect have increased pressure on the Cameroonian soldiers who guard Fotokol.
