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Cameroon Officials Say 11 Teachers Abducted by Separatist Groups

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   YAOUNDÃ - Cameroon's government says gunmen abducted at least 11
   teachers in Cameroon's northwest town of Kumbo early Tuesday morning.
   No one has claimed responsibility for the abductions, but residents
   suspect the teachers were taken by separatists.

   A 45-year-old teacher said fighters attacked Presbyterian School Kumbo
   at about 8 a.m. Tuesday. The teacher, who asked not to be identified
   for fear of being targeted by separatists, said children had just
   finished their morning prayers when the fighters moved in and kidnapped
   12 teachers.

   "We came in the morning, did some devotion and surprisingly, the whole
   place was covered with armed gangs. All of us were taken. I escaped on
   the way so I do not know for certain the direction, I don't know the
   camp in which they were taken to," he said.

   The teacher said he and his fellow instructors were taken away on
   motorcycles, but that on the way, he jumped into a bush and escaped. He
   said no children were abducted. The other 11 teachers remain captive.

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