A bomb attack likely staged by Boko Haram jihadists targeted a busy area in the market town on Wednesday at the northeastern Cameroon, waza near the Nigerian border where two bombers blew themselves up killing 14 people, leaving 30 injured, security sources said.

The bombers struck an area with “restaurants, telephone cabins and kiosks”, a local official said.

It was also reported that six civilians were killed in mid-June in a double suicide attack in Kolofata, and two others died in Limani at the start of last month when a female bomber blew herself up near the town’s public school.

Though Boko Haram was born in Nigeria, the Islamic State-affiliated group has carried out frequent attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger, prompting the formation of a regional force to fight back.

Cameroon’s Far North region, which borders Nigeria, has seen resurgence in attacks blamed on Boko Haram after months of relative calm.

Hence, 200,000 Cameroonians from the Far North region have fled their homes in fear of the violence

“The town has been sealed off, so no one can go in nor come out,” the source said, adding that some of the injured victims were in “quite serious” condition.

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