Story highlights Cameroon's President says two suicide attackers killed 11 people and themselves

Security sources describe the attackers as two veiled, female suicide bombers

State media says it's believed Boko Haram is responsible for the blasts

(CNN) One struck at the entrance to a market in northern Cameroon. Another hit a nearby neighborhood.

At least 11 people were killed and 32 others were wounded in the pair of suicide bombings in the city of Maroua Wednesday afternoon, a statement on President Paul Biya's website said . The attackers -- described by security sources as two veiled female suicide bombers who'd been disguised as beggars -- were also killed.

Biya "condemns in the strongest terms these cowardly and heinous attacks against innocent people," the statement on his website said. "He extends his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured."

Cameroon's army uses Maroua, which is located in the country's far North region near the border with Nigeria, as a command base to coordinate military operations against Boko Haram

No one has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attacks. But the state-run Cameroon Radio Television said it's believed the Islamist group was behind the bombings.

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