Boko Haram’s Widening Raids Entangle Regional Nations in War
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The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram’s latest attack in neighboring Cameroon killed as many as 81 people and deepened the engagement of armies from the region to halt the Islamists’ drive to establish a self-styled caliphate.
Gunmen attacked the northern Cameroonian town of Fotokol early Wednesday, just a day after Chadian forces operating in Nigerian territory drove militants out of the border town of Gamboru, about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) away. Local resident Tijjani Abba Kuli said by phone Thursday from Fotokol that the militants killed at least 81 people.