File photo: Nigerian soldiers
Three civilians have been shot dead overnight in the northern Nigerian town of Mora by a Cameroonian soldier.
This development was revealed by sources close to the security services said on Thursday.
According to the Agence France Presse, one source said the soldier,
a corporal deployed as part of the fight against the Nigerian militant
Islamist group Boko Haram, killed two women and a boy.
Nine others were injured.
Another security source confirmed the toll and called the shooting “an act of madness”.
A source said the man had deserted his base and had been going
house-to-house while under the influence of cannabis, demanding money
and opening fire on those who refused.
The victims are believed to be from among those displaced in the region by the fighting.
The situation in Mora on Thursday was described as tense, with the refugees demanding retribution against the soldier.
Mora is home to the headquarters of the local sector of the
Multinational Joint Task Force fighting Boko Haram, in which Cameroon
participates along with four other countries in the region.
Boko Haram began its bloody insurgency in Nigeria in 2009, seeking to install an extremist Islamic state in the country.
The militants began cross-border attacks in 2014, and have
regularly carried out raids in Cameroon, killing, looting and kidnapping
villagers.
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