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A woman with explosives strapped to her body was shot by a poisoned arrow by a local self-defence group in northern Cameroon authorities say.
The 40-year-old woman had crossed over from neighbouring Nigeria along with a 14-year-old girl said Midjiyawa Bakary, the governor of Cameroon’s Far North region on Wednesday.
Local residents say the woman was shot after she failed to stop as demanded. The girl also died when she detonated her own explosives.
Residents near the northern town of Mora said at least five other suicide bombers have died in the last several days.
The attacks were reported shortly before Cameroon’s president Paul Biya left for Nigeria to discuss ways of ending Boko Haram violence with his Nigerian counterpart.
