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YAOUNDE, June 30 (Xinhua) -- About eleven people were killed and four seriously injured in a suicide bomb attack on Wednesday night at Limani, a town in the Far North Region of Cameroon near the Nigerian border, Cameroonian national radio reported Thursday.
The attack took place on Wednesday at around 9:30 p.m. local (8:30 p.m. GMT) in a video room where a group of young people are celebrating the break of the fast during the time of Ramadan, said Far North Region Governor Midjiyawa Bakari.
It "resulted in eleven deaths and four serious injuries," added the governor in a statement read by national radio, without specifying the identity of the suicide bomber.
Military and community sources said at least 28 people were killed and many injured in the attack, but the place of the attack they mentioned is in Djamkana, another town in Far North Region.
According to sources, the attack, which has not been claimed by any organization, but is suspected to be made by Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram, was committed by a woman who blew herself up after dark on a crowd in a lively square in the populated town of Djamkana where majority of residents are Muslim.
In his statement, the governor of the Far North Region has announced a ban on people gathering together to prevent such acts from happening again.
Since July 2015, more than 100 people were killed in similar attacks in this part of the territory of Cameroon and the last attack dated back to February of this year. Enditem
