A suspected suicide bomber intercepted in northern
Cameroon on Friday before she could blow herself up
claimed to be one of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by
Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014,
military and local government sources said.
Two girls carrying explosives were stopped by local
self-defence forces in the village of Limani, in an area
of northern Cameroon that has been the target of
frequent suicide bombings in recent months, reports
Reuters.
They were then handed over to Cameroonian soldiers
belonging to a multi-national force set up to take on
Boko Haram.
In a high-profile attack that sparked a global outcry,
Boko Haram militants raided the school in April 2014
while the girls were taking exams. They loaded 270 of
them onto trucks, though around 50 escaped shortly
afterwards.
"One of them indeed declared that she is one of the
Chibok hostages. She is around 15. We are now
verifying, because on the Nigerian side they have the
names and photos of these girls," said local
government administrator Raymond Roksdo.
Two military sources, who asked not to be identified
as they were not authorised to speak to the press,
also confirmed that the girl had claimed to have been
one of the Chibok abductees.
"We need a few days to be able to confirm this
information. We have to debrief all the men who were
present and interrogate the two girls before we can
say anything," one of the military sources said.
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