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Armed men kidnap university football team in Cameroon

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Armed men kidnap members of university football team in Cameroon
By Meme Dominic and Bukola Adebayo, CNN

Updated 1852 GMT (0252 HKT) March 21, 2019

Douala, Cameroon (CNN)Members of a university football team were abducted in Cameroon's Southwest region, university officials told CNN Thursday.

Armed men seized the team of 20 male students from the training ground at the University of Buea on Wednesday, said Ngono Horace Manga, the university's vice chancellor.
"They were training for an upcoming competition early in the morning when the kidnappers took them away from the field," Manga told CNN.
Manga said the abductors have contacted the school authorities demanding a ransom for the player's release. He said he would not disclose the amount so as not to jeopardize ongoing negotiations for the students' release.

The head coach of the university football team, Nicolas Asongu, told CNN the kidnapping occurred about 7:30 a.m. local time Wednesday at the university.
"I had a little delay on my way to the training ground at the university campus. I arrived around 9:30 a.m. to learn that unidentified gunmen had kidnapped the students (players)," he said.
Asongu said eyewitnesses told him there were 25 people on the football field, but the men only took the players.
Those left behind said the gunmen ordered the players to go with them on foot towards a back entrance leading out of university, Asongu told CNN.
"I am confused. I spoke with the players on the phone. The kidnappers told them to identify themselves," Asongu said.
Military helicopters were seen flying over Buea in search of the abducted students on Thursday.

No one has claimed responsibility for the abduction, but Anglophone separatists fighting for independence from Cameroon's mostly French-speaking provinces and calling for school boycotts have been accused of kidnapping students in the country's north and southwest region.
Seven students and a head teacher were kidnapped by armed separatists from their school in Bafut, in the northwest of the country, Amnesty International said in a report in 2018.
In October 2018, a group of 78 children was taken by gunmen from the Presbyterian Secondary School in Bamenda, northwest Cameroon, along with their principal, a teacher and a driver.
They were released a few days later, but one of the female students told CNN their abductors warned them not to go back to school.
CNN's Bukola Adebayo wrote and reported from Lagos, Nigeria. Journalist Meme Dominic reported from Douala
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when Biya's army start to kill, everybody will come out yapping non sense.
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joplass wrote:when Biya's army start to kill, everybody will come out yapping non sense.
Are they not doing that already? :roll:
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Kidnapping students to raise funds undermines the overall secession mission.
These are likely thugs taking advantage of a chaotic situation.
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Kabalega wrote:Kidnapping students to raise funds undermines the overall secession mission.
These are likely thugs taking advantage of a chaotic situation.
Thank you. I bet you even the Frogs know that but ....... a Frog is a Frog. Their middle name is "Dishonest".
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Kabalega wrote:Kidnapping students to raise funds undermines the overall secession mission.
These are likely thugs taking advantage of a chaotic situation.
According to Amesty International, the armed separatists have been involved in kidnapping in the past.
Seven students and a head teacher were kidnapped by armed separatists from their school in Bafut, in the northwest of the country, Amnesty International said in a report in 2018.
In October 2018, a group of 78 children was taken by gunmen from the Presbyterian Secondary School in Bamenda, northwest Cameroon, along with their principal, a teacher and a driver.
They were released a few days later, but one of the female students told CNN their abductors warned them not to go back to school.
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Kidnapped university football team freed in Cameroon
By Meme Dominic and Bukola Adebayo, CNN

Updated 1603 GMT (0003 HKT) March 22, 2019
Douala, Cameroon (CNN)The university football team that was abducted earlier in the week in Cameroon has been freed, the university's head coach told CNN on Friday.

The team of 20 students was taken while they were training at the University of Buea on Wednesday. They were released outside Buea town, in the southwest region of the country, coach Nicolas Asongu told CNN on Friday.
The players told their coach they were tortured by their kidnappers. "They were maltreated and some of them have wounds on their backs," Asongu said.


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The coach said those who were wounded are receiving treatment at a hospital.

It's unclear if the university paid the ransom demanded for the players' release, Asongu said.
Ngono Horace Manga, the university's vice chancellor, told CNN on Thursday that the kidnappers had demanded a ransom to free the students.
No one has claimed responsibility for the abduction, but Anglophone separatists fighting for independence from Cameroon's largely Francophone government have been accused of kidnapping students in the country's north and southwest regions.
The secessionist fighters are calling for school boycotts in the areas.


In a 2018 report, Amnesty International said students and a head teacher were kidnapped by armed separatists from their school in Bafut, in the northwest of the country.
A group of 78 children was taken by gunmen from the Presbyterian Secondary School in Bamenda, northwest Cameroon, along with their principal, a teacher and a driver in October 2018.
They were released a few days later, but one of the female students told CNN their abductors warned them not to go back to school.

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