Boko Haram mine kills a Cameroonian army captain and a BIR serviceman

Two Cameroonian soldiers were killed this morning following the explosion of a mine on the highway linking Mora and Limani. Our military informant in Maroua revealed at the time of writing this report that one of the two Cameroonian soldiers was a captain serving with the Rapid Intervention Battalion.

The mine exploded under their vehicle on the road Mora-Limani in the department of Mayo-Sava region of the Far North of Cameroon. Our Chief intelligence officer also hinted that the mine was laid by fighters of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram. The department of Mayo-Sava, is one of four other administrative divisions of the 6 that make up the Far North Region, regularly under Boko Haram rocket and mine attacks.