YAOUNDE, Shawwal 28, 1436, Aug 13, 2015, SPA -- Terrorist Boko Haram militants massacred six villagers in Cameroon before the overnight attack was repelled by government soldiers, who killed 12 of the terrorist fighters, Reuters cited a defence ministry spokesman as saying on Thursday. The raid was launched during the night from Wednesday to Thursday on the village of Blam in Cameroon's Far North region, where the Nigerian extremists have stepped up attacks in recent months. "Six villagers had their throats slit. Twelve Boko Haram members were killed. The Cameroonian army drove back the attackers. A Cameroonian soldier wounded yesterday has just died," said Colonel Didier Badjeck. Cameroon has deployed thousands of soldiers in its northern border areas as part of a military operation aimed at curbing the spillover of violence from Boko Haram's strongholds in northeast Nigeria. --SPA 17:15 LOCAL TIME 14:15 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w