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At least 12 people, including a Chadian soldier, were killed in two suicide attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northern Cameroon town of Fotokol late Sunday.

The first explosion went off inside a bar near a Cameroon special forces (BIR) camp just after sundown, a military officer told Reuters.

He said many were breaking the Ramadan fast when the incident happened.

“The second explosion followed as soldiers approached the bar,” he said.

L’Oeil du Sahel, a newspaper in northern Cameroon, said the two attackers wore burqas.

Boko Haram, which launched offensive attacks in north-eastern Nigeria six years ago, has also stepped up attacks in neighbouring Chad, Cameroon and Niger.