79 students kidnapped from boarding school in Cameroon, official says

Armed men stormed into a Presbyterian Secondary School in Bamenda, Cameroon. The men kidnapped 79 children both boys and girls. They attempted to steal a bus, but the driver convinced the men that the bus was broken. 

A crisis meeting was help Monday morning, and the BIR, and elite military group, is involved in looking for the children. 

The men who stole the children have not been tied to any political movement yet, but a spokesperson for Cameroon said that officials are not ruling out secessionists. 

A similar situation occurred in September when 7 children and a teacher were kidnapped and tortured by people in the secessionist movement. Violence between this group and the Cameroon government has increased in the past year, and the President condemns this violence. 

Web: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/05/africa/cameroon-student-mass-kidnap-intl/index.html

By: Morgan Knight