Cameroon launches air strikes against Nigerian extremists

Douala — Cameroon's government launched its first
ever air strikes against Nigerian Islamic extremists
to dislodge about 1,000 fighters who had seized a
Cameroonian military base, a statement said
Monday.
Fighters from Nigeria's home-grown Boko Haram
extremist group attacked five villages in Cameroon,
near its northern border with Nigeria, over three
days before they over-ran the military base in the
same area Sunday, the government said.
Two bombing raids and a heavy firefighting Monday
sent the insurgents fleeing from the Achigachia
base, it said.
President Paul Biya ordered the first ever air strikes
against Boko Haram to respond to "a change of
strategy on the part of the assailants," the statement
said. It gave no death toll.
Also read: Cameroon bombs Boko Haram
positions in north for first time
About 10 days ago, the extremists for the first time
directly attacked Cameroonian troops, exploding an
improvised roadside device as a convoy of troops
was passing and attacking another military base in
the border town Amchide with some 5,000 fighters,
the government had reported.
A week ago, the government reported that
Cameroonian troops dismantled a border training
camp run by the insurgents and freed dozens of
young recruits.
Neighboring countries increasingly are being drawn
into Nigeria's 5-year Islamic uprising, which has
killed thousands and driven 1.6 million people from
their homes, including across borders into
Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
Boko Haram has been recruiting fighters in all three
countries.

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