YAOUNDE, Aug. 9 -- Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed at least eight people and injured one in an overnight attack on Kangaleri village in the Mayo-Sava division of Cameroon's Far North region, local sources said Saturday.

The sources said the attack occurred at around 11 p.m. local time Friday, when the gunmen entered the village under cover of darkness, a tactic the group frequently uses, before fleeing the area.

Six residents were killed at the scene, while three others were badly wounded and taken for treatment. Two of the injured later died in a hospital, and one remained under medical care as of Saturday.

Authorities have not yet confirmed the exact circumstances of the raid.

In a separate incident the same night, gunmen belie...