A suicide attack by suspected members of Nigerian Islamist militants group Boko Haram killed at least 10 people and wounded a dozen others over the border in the far north region of Cameroon today, security sources said.

Boko Haram has mounted numerous attacks in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria this year and is turning the border region near Lake Chad into a war zone, the United Nations refugee agency said last month.

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