Cameroon separatists 'torture' children, kidnap staff at school

Cameroon separatists 'torture' children, kidnap staff at school — local officials

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 15, 2023 12:00 am

Yaoundé, Cameroon: Anglophone separatists in Cameroon stripped and 'tortured' children at a high school and kidnapped two members of staff, the local prefecture said.

Eight pupils were briefly taken hostage and the two staff members are still missing after separatists attacked the secondary school on Tuesday in western Cameroon, the scene of a bloody conflict between English-speaking independence fighters and the army.

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