{Cameroon’s army has repelled a cross-border raid by gunmen from the Central African Republic (CAR), killing six of the attackers and capturing one of them, the defence ministry says. } <\/p>\n
A soldier and a villager were also killed in the clashes on Saturday, it said.<\/p>\n
The border area has been tense since rebels in the CAR ousted President Francois Bozize in March. <\/p>\n
Mr Bozize was briefly exiled in Cameroon.<\/p>\n
He left in August for an unknown destination. <\/p>\n
The BBC’s Muhamman Babalala in Cameroon says about 400 gunmen are suspected to have launched the attack in an attempt to free CAR rebel leader Abdoulaye Miskine. <\/p>\n
Mr Miskine, the leader of the Democratic Front of the Central African People (FPDC) group, was arrested in Cameroon in September on suspicion of planning to use it as a base to attack the CAR. <\/p>\n
He broke away from the Seleka rebel coalition, which overthrew Mr Bozize. <\/p>\n
“For the moment the situation is under our total control, and order, peace and security has been restored in the attacked village,” the defence ministry said in a statement. <\/p>\n
It did not name the village.<\/p>\n
CAR gunmen often raid villages in Cameroon for food, correspondents say.<\/p>\n
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