Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Boko Haram Abducts 8 Girls, Kill 7 after Seizing Bus in Cameroon



 After seizing a public bus in one of their most brazen attacks inside neighbouring Cameroon,
Islamic militants, Boko Haram, today, 10th of February abducted about eight girls and killed seven hostages

The principal, Chetima Ahmidou, of a school in the area, said, Boko Haram have taken eight Cameroonian girls hostage. The girls range in age from 11 to 14 and come from the town of Koza, he said.

While the bus attack took place on Sunday, 8th of February 2015 about 11 miles (18 kilometres) from Cameroon’s border with Nigeria. Seven other hostages were slain and their bodies scattered near the border, said Ahmidou, whose brother was the bus driver and was among those killed.

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