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Yaounde — Two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a town in north Cameroon, killing at least five people and injuring 12 others, a military official said on Saturday. Colonel Jacob Kodji, who leads Cameroon troops fighting against Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremist group, said two teenagers targeted a family and local shop in the town of Dabanga near Cameroon’s northern border with Nigeria.

He said the suicide bombers were Nigerians who came to Cameroon as refugees. Cameroon has expelled thousands of refugees. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, though they are in line with others launched by Boko Haram which has expanded attacks into Cameroon, Chad and Niger – all countries contributing troops to a regional force intended to wipe out the extremists.

Boko Haram claimed responsibility on Saturday for a suicide bombing on a procession of hundreds of Shi’ite Muslims a day earlier in Nigeria and threatened more attacks.

Shi’ite leaders said at least 22 people died, including 21 who died at the scene of Friday’s attack near the northern city of Kano, on the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage. One of 30 wounded people died later, they said. — AP.