U.S. condemns 'horrific' Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon

Reuters
A soldier walks through the burnt building at the headquarters of Michika local government in Michika town, after the Nigerian military recaptured it from Boko Haram, in Adamawa state May 10, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday condemned Boko Haram suicide attacks in Cameroon and Nigeria as "horrific and indiscriminate" and deplored the militant group's use of children as bombers. Multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations in Gombe, Nigeria, killed 37 people on Wednesday, while two suicide bomb attacks killed at least 13 people in northern Cameroon. The United States "strongly condemns the horrific and indiscriminate suicide attacks," the State Department said. "Boko Haram's unconscionable use of children as suicide bombers and indiscriminate targeting of men, women and children highlights the group's senseless brutality," State Department deputy spokesperson Mark Toner said in a statement.