At least 35 people were killed and 60 injured in five suicide bomb attacks in Cameroon's Far North Region on Monday.
One army source told Xinhua five women who pretended to be vegetable vendors detonated the bombs hidden in their vegetable baskets at around 11.30 a.m. on Monday in Bodo, a town in Far North Region, killing at least 35 people, including themselves, and injuring 60.
The attacks were suspected to be made by Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram who has started to attack Cameroon since 2013, leaving over 1000 people killed.
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