800 Boko Haram Killed in Cameroon , 90 civilians too

 Cameroon’s Information Minister, Issa Bakari, has said no fewer than 800 Boko Haram fighters have attacked Fotokol in the north of the country, where 90 civilians have been killed.

Bakari also said on Thursday that the extremists, which started their attack on Wednesday from Gamboru area of Nigeria, burned churches, mosques and villages and slaughtered youths, who resisted joining them to fight the Cameroonian forces.

Hundreds of insurgents were killed on Wednesday along with 13 Chadian and six Cameroonian personnels, the defence minister, Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo, said.

At least 91 civilians have been killed and most of the more than 500 who have been wounded cannot be taken quickly to hospital, he said. There was no way immediately to confirm the account independently.