Kouyape attack
| Kouyape attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |
| Location | Kouyape, Far North Region, Cameroon |
| Date | September 1, 2020 1:00 AM (West Africa Time, UTC+01:00) |
| Deaths | 7 (including two Boko Haram fighters) |
| Injured | 14 |
| Perpetrator |  Boko Haram |
On September 1, 2020, Boko Haram attacked an IDP camp in Kouyape, Far North Region, Cameroon, killing seven people and injuring fourteen others.
Background
[edit]On August 1, 2020, Boko Haram militants attacked an IDP camp in Nguetchewe, also in Cameroon's Far North Region. The attack killed nineteen people, mostly refugees, and many residents of the camp fled Nguetchewe following the attack due to fears about their safety. Some of the refugees made their way to the refugee camps in Kouyape, neat the town of Goldavi in Far North.[1]
Attack
[edit]Around 1,200 people were present in the village of Kouyape and the surrounding camps at the time of the attack.[2] At 1:00 AM on September 1, around 100 Boko Haram fighters launched an incursion into the village.[2] A vigilante present in Kouyape alerted the Cameroonian Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) of the attack, and BIR soldiers counter-attacked quickly.[2] As Boko Haram withdrew from the village, a suicide bomber exploded and killed four people on the scene, excluding the bomber. Seven others were injured in the attack as well.[3]
Two Boko Haram fighters were killed during the attack, including the suicide bomber and a fighter killed by BIR.[2] The death toll later rose to seven killed, and fourteen others injured.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hunger and fear stalk survivors of attack in north Cameroon". UNHCR US. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ a b c d Etahoben, Chief Bisong (2020-09-01). "Boko Haram: 6 Die During Terrorist Attack On Kouyape In Cameroon". HumAngle. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Incident Summary for GTDID: 202008310020". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Cameroon: Suicide attack kills at least seven in Goldavi (Far North region) September 2". Crisis24. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2024-04-16.