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                 Boko Haram Militants Kill 10 in Cameroon Raid

   by VOA News

   Officials in Cameroon said Boko Haram militants from neighboring
   Nigeria raided a remote northern border town Wednesday, killing 10
   people and kidnapping a child.

   Police said the militants gunned down nine civilians and a soldier in
   the town of Zigague. State-run radio reported the kidnapped child is
   the daughter of a local chief.

   The reason for the raid is unclear.

   The militants are suspected in last month's kidnapping of a local
   religious leader in Cameroon and the deputy prime minister's wife.

   Boko Haram extremists have killed thousands trying to turn northern
   Nigeria into a strict Islamic state.

   Their violence often spills over into neighboring countries.

   The group came under worldwide condemnation for kidnapping nearly 300
   Nigerian schoolgirls in April. About 219 are still being held hostage.
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