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Victims of Suspected Boko Haram Attack on Cameroon IDP Camp Need Urgent Help

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The United Nations refugee agency says victims of a suspected
   Boko Haram terror attack on an IDP camp in Cameroon's Far North region
   remain unprotected and in need of urgent help. At least 18 people were
   killed and 11 others injured.

   The camp housing 800 internally displaced people was attacked early
   Sunday. Militant jihadists reportedly threw a grenade into the compound
   while people were sleeping.

   The U.N. refugee agency says it is outraged by this brutal, unprovoked
   attack and condemns it in the strongest terms. UNHCR spokesman Babar
   Baloch tells VOA that Nigeria-based terror group Boko Haram is
   suspected of being behind the attack.

   "In Cameroon, since early this year, more than 87 attacks have been
   recorded, which are attributed to Boko Haram. It has affected millions
   of people in the region and only in this area of Cameroon, there are
   more than 320,000 people displaced," he said.

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