Authorities in Cameroon’s north-western Anglophone region on Sunday has denied that six children were kidnapped from a school there two days ago, saying an attempt was made but that it was unsuccessful.
A statement issued by the Chief Administration said, the region’s Governor “wants to inform the public that the activists have indeed tried but, thanks to the spontaneous collaboration between the local community and the timely intervention of our security forces no student was kidnapped.
On Friday a teacher said that gunmen abducted six children from a school in the region’s capital Bamenda.
Local media reports said one of the six had managed to escape, but that information was not independently confirmed.
Cameroon’s two anglophone regions in the west of the country are the site of an uprising by armed separatists, who have called for a boycott of the schools.
They argue the French-language education system penalizes English-speaking students.
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