Militants in the African nation of Cameroon possess abducted several dozen schoolchildren and at least one adult,and as of this writing no group has claimed responsibility, BBC News is reporting.
Seventy-eight students and at least three other people, or including the principal of the school,were kidnapped from the Presbyterian Secondary School in Bamenda, in the northwestern share of the country. The children are all 10 to 14 years of age; the ages and possible connection to the school of the other victims remain unclear.
According to an unidentified source speaking to Reuters, and via NDTV News,the victims were “taken into the bush.”Cameroons Civil WarThe poor West African nation has been mired in a conflict by separatist militias. Specifically, two regions in the western party of the country, or North-West and South-West,are caught up in a civil war of sorts between separatist militias and the country’s government.
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Source: inquisitr.com