Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Cameroon, Italy's foreign ministry and media reports say.
Gunmen ransacked the building in the north-west of the country before taking the hostages, The area is close to a stronghold of militant Nigerian group Boko Haram.
The attack comes three months after a French priest was released after being kidnapped by Boko Haram in the same region and held in Nigeria.
The latest attack took place in the district of Maroua in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The gunmen were reported to have arrived by car before entering the building where the priests and the nun were staying at around 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT).
The two priests were from the Vicenza region of Italy, the Italian foreign ministry reported.
It says it has set up a crisis unit to work for their release.
One of the priests had been in Cameroon for more than six years, while the other had arrived about a year ago, Italian media reported.
Last year, seven members of a French family called Moulin-Fournier - four of them children - were abducted by Boko Haram in northern Cameroon and held hostage for two months...BBC
God have mercy! Hope they are released soonest; safe and sound.
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This boko haram ish is becoming serious o. Very soon dy'd be everywhere in Africa and mayb europe.
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Which one come be Nigeria for Cameroun again. They are always eager to link us with the slightest crime committed. Make Cameroun try and find the abductors and don't mention our name there oh.
ReplyDeleteNo too vex Shyla,our name has become synonymous with crime naa...do u blame them?lol.I pray they are released soonest!
DeleteShyla u need to go back to school. So even after all the explanations in the article u still say trash.besides it's Cameroon,cameroun is the french spelling.
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Abeg go find work do. I 2 know na I'm go kill u. Silly thing.
DeletePlease release this people. Thank you.
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