Boko Haram commits massacre in Cameroon church

September 04, 2014

Thousands of people fled their homes as the Islamist militant group Boko Haram continued to gain ground in Nigeria and neighboring Cameroon.

A spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees told the Associated Press that militants slit the throats of three people inside a Catholic church in Assighassia, a village in Cameroon.

 

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Further information:

• UN: Thousands Flee Islamic Attack in North Nigeria (AP)
• Thousands of Nigerians flee as Boko Haram advances (CWN, 9/1)