Cameroon’s army killed 92 members of Boko Haram sect and freed 850 villagers in a joint operation with Nigerian forces, the government of the Central African nation said on Friday.
The operation in the Nigerian village of Kumshe, close to the border with Cameroon, was conducted under the auspices of a multinational force fighting Boko Haram, a statement from Communications Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, said.
“Two Cameroonian soldiers were killed (during the operation) by an accidental mine explosion. Five other soldiers were wounded,” Reuters quoted Bakary as saying in the statement.
He added that the army captured weapons and ammunition and found a centre for production of homemade mines.
There was no immediate comment from Nigeria or independent confirmation of the operation or toll, Reuters added.
