French family kidnapped near Cameroon-Nigeria border < br />

2013-02-20 11:55:39 GMT+7 (ICT)

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON (BNO NEWS) -- A French family of seven members were kidnapped in northern Cameroon, officials said Tuesday.

French President François Hollande, who is visiting Greece, confirmed the incident, saying a group of armed men kidnapped the family, including four children early Tuesday morning at around 7 a.m. local time at a village near the Waza national park.

The French Embassy in Cameroon also confirmed the incident, saying it occurred in northern Cameroon near the Nigerian border. French media said the children are aged four to eleven years old.

The family reportedly lived in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, but they were visiting the area when the group of gunmen who were traveling on motorcycles took them captive. Meanwhile, Hollande blamed the Islamic militant group Boko Haram, which has been behind several terrorist attacks in Nigeria, for the incident.

In addition, the Embassy reiterated its advise to all French nationals to avoid Far North region, recommending only 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) from the Nigerian border.

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A new job for the French ghosts.

The French FAMAS rife looks a bit too star warsy in the picture.

This is the inevitable fallout from facing up to evil. It is ironic that a government that is both French and Socialist is at present so much in the firing line of those whose ideology it allowed to go unchecked for so long. The trouble with facing up to evil is that the later you do so the more difficult the task of defeating it becomes. I wish them well as I do the family who have been kidnapped for no other crime than being French.

When is the raid going off ?