(Reuters) - Assailants
from the Central African Republic raided a village in eastern Cameroon but the
army repulsed the attack, killing five gunmen, Cameroon Defence Minister Edgar
Allain Mebe Ngo'o said on Sunday.
One
Cameroonian soldier and one villager died in the fighting after the army
deployed troops to the Kadei Division of East Region on Saturday night, he said
in a statement.
One
attacker was also captured and would be interrogated to determine the identity
and motive of the gunmen, Ngo'o said.
The attack is the
latest in a series of deadly cross-border raids since the Central African
Republic, which is rich in minerals, descended into chaos after mostly Muslim
Seleka rebels ousted President Francois Bozize in March.
"For
the moment the situation is under our total control, and order, peace and
security has been restored in the attacked village," said the statement,
which did not name the village.
Authorities
in Cameroon say the attackers could be searching for food and money in a region
considered the breadbasket of central Africa.
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