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Cameroonian soldiers rescue two students kidnapped for pursuing education

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At least four, including two students, were rescued by Cameroonian troops from a suspected rebel hideout in Cameroon’s English-speaking northwestern town of Bamenda.

According to Voice of America, the troops said that the four hostages included two students, a job seeker and a businessman.

One of the students, a 17-year-old student who identified herself only as Jane said she was abducted on her way to school in Bamenda, held in captivity and tortured for a week.

jane revealed that she was tortured for pursuing education during her time in the captivity of her assailants.

“They [fighters] started asking us that are they [fighters] too big to go to school or why do we think we are going to school?” she said. “Those questions we could not answer. They were beating us using a cutlass. We were sleeping on the floor with no bed. Nothing. That is why we are dirty like this,” Jane said.

The military said Friday four rebels were killed, four others arrested, and huge consignments of weapons seized from rebels fighting to create an English-speaking state in the French-speaking-majority Cameroon.

However, one civilian was seriously wounded in crossfire between the troops and fighters. He was rushed to a hospital in Bamenda, the military added.

Meanwhile, Deben Tchoffo the governor of Cameroon’s North West region, where Bamenda is said children should not fear going to school. He said the military will protect all citizens.

“After the sad incident, we are appealing to the population, the school community, the teachers, the students, we are asking them to continue going to classes, despite that incident,” he said.

 

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