( CNN ) At least 23 people were killed in a Boko Haram attack in the Mozogo district in Cameroon 's Far North Region , an official said . The regional governor , Mijiyawa Bakary , confirmed the attack by the Nigeria-based Islamist militants , but did not give further details . `` We are still gathering the facts from our divisional officers , but what we know for now is that the attackers killed at least 23 people . The damage could be more , '' he said . The attackers also burned down a village , security forces told CNN . A soldier on the front who did not want to be named told CNN by phone that the insurgents carried out a similar attack along the Waza-Mora highway on Friday , killing one Cameroonian soldier . The soldier said `` a corporal was killed and three soldiers were wounded . The attackers also confiscated a ( Toyota ) Land Cruiser belonging to the Cameroon military . '' Earlier this month , the country 's state-run broadcaster CRTV reported that 116 Boko Haram fighters and one Cameroonian soldier were killed during an attack that the militant group launched against a military column in northern Cameroon . And in May , Boko Haram militants kidnapped 10 Chinese road construction workers in Waza , just miles from the border with Nigeria , and killed one worker . The hostages were freed in October . Boko Haram has terrorized northern Nigeria regularly since 2009 , attacking police , schools , churches and civilians , and bombing government buildings . The Islamist group -- considered one of the world 's most deadly terrorist organizations -- has said its aim is to impose a stricter enforcement of sharia law across Nigeria , which is split between a majority Muslim north and a mostly Christian south . Increasingly , it has crossed into northern Cameroon , attacking military forces , as well as kidnapping foreign nationals . But there is no firm evidence the group has ambitions beyond Nigeria . CNN 's Tim Lister and journalist Ngala Killian Chimtom contributed to this report .
Boko Haram fighters crossed the border into Cameroon and attacked a village . The attack killed at least 20 people in Cameroon's Borno state, according to local officials. It is one of several attacks against Cameroon this year .