that also resulted in the death of one soldier, a senior military official said.
At
least seven other soldiers were injured in the operation early
Thursday, said Gen. Jacob Kodji. The Nigerian Islamic extremist group
launched a series of attacks in Cameroon earlier this week, said Kodji.
Ashigashiya straddles the border of northern Cameroon and Nigeria.
"At
least 27 Boko Haram fighters were killed in Thursday morning's
operation," said Kodji, commander of Cameroon troops in the area. The
soldiers remain on the battle front there, he said.
Regional
forces from Cameroon and Nigeria have since December 2015 been
launching raids on Boko Haram strongholds along their borders,
especially around Ashigashiya.
The
Islamic militants began attacks across borders in 2014 and stepped them
up early last year on neighboring Cameroon and other countries that
have supported the Nigerian military's effort to crush Boko Haram.
In
northern Cameroon, officials said two suicide bombers believed to have
come from Nigeria on Wednesday killed 10 people and injured 40 attending
a wake in a border village. Attacks in Chad and Niger also are blamed
on Boko Haram.
Boko Haram's
6-year-old Islamic insurgency has killed 20,000 people, and displaced
2.5 million people, according to Amnesty International and the United
Nations.
Source: AP
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