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Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram Kidnaps 20 People in Cameroon, Executes 12
2015-02-10
[AnNahar] Suspected members of Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
kidnapped 20 people from a bus in northern Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
, then executed 12 of them, a security source and resident said Monday.

The kidnapping occurred on Sunday and all of the survivors have since been released, said a resident, on condition of anonymity, whose wife was among those kidnapped. An official from a local NGO also confirmed the incident.

According to the security source, who is based in the region, the victims were traveling in a bus stormed by alleged Boko Haram members.

"The bus was coming from Koza and was traveling to Mora," the source said, referring to two towns in the country's extreme north near the Nigerian border.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Good thing we're not on our 'high horse', eh?
Posted by: Pappy   2015-02-10 12:08  

#1  but, but, the Crusades!
Posted by: Frank G   2015-02-10 09:02  

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