YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Around 300 suspected Boko Haram militants swarmed onto an island on Lake Chad in Cameroon's far north on Sunday and killed 24 people, including 16 Cameroonian soldiers stationed at military outposts, officials said on Wednesday.
The death toll in the district of Darak, about 1,000 km (600 miles) from the capital Yaounde, is one of the worst atrocities carried out by Boko Haram in Cameroon in years, a military source said.
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