At least 22 people were killed when two suicide bombers hit a market in the north Cameroon village of Meme, two others targeted a school in a nearby town, a Cameroon governor said.
It was the first time the town of Meme has been targeted but there have been previous assaults near the town of Mora, which lies near the border of northeastern Nigeria.
The bombing struck around 9 a.m. in the village of Mémé, between the provincial capital of Maroua and the Nigerian border.
According to local journalists, two attackers detonated explosives hidden in drinking water supplies in the village; both were killed.
Far North Governor Midjiyawa Bakari said the attackers disguised themselves as food vendors.
A Cameroonian military source said two girls carried out the attack.
Girls and young women have carried out a spate of suicide bombings in the region.
“These two girls took advantage of the fact that it was the woman’s market,” said another military source. “They came like vendors, except they had explosives in their cooking pots.” The death toll may still rise.
There has so far been no official claim of responsibility for the attack, but officials pointed the finger at Nigerian-based Boko Haram.
The 105 wounded were being treated at the hospital in the nearby town of Tokombere, some in critical condition, he said.
The other two attackers were targeting a school in Tokombere, but detonated their explosives in the bush about 1km from the school after they were identified, said teacher Mamoudou Gonit.
He said the explosions caused panic among teachers and students who ran in different directions, but no one besides the bombers was hurt.
Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group based in Nigeria, was suspected.
In its six-year insurgency, Boko Haram has killed more than 20 000 people and displaced 2.8 million in the region, according to the United Nations and Amnesty International.
