Cameroon: 12 Killed In Mosque Suicide Blast

A suicide bomber killed 12 worshippers at a mosque in northern Cameroon on Wednesday, security officials said, in an area regularly targeted by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists.

The blast struck the mosque in the village of Kouyape, in Kolofata district north near the Nigerian border, at around 5:30 am (0430 GMT) during morning prayers, a security source said.

"Eleven worshippers were killed at the scene. A twelfth died of their wounds in hospital," the security source said, adding that the attacker was praying alongside other worshippers when he blew himself up.

Another source close to the security services confirmed the blast killed 12 people and the bomber.

The bombing came after two people were killed overnight in the same area in another attack blamed on Boko Haram, the security source said.