French Kidnapped in Cameroon Were Taken Into Nigeria

Seven French tourists, including four children, kidnapped in northern Cameroon were taken across the border into neighboring Nigeria, said Eloi Gabriel Essoa, a local official in Cameroon.

The people were taken at the village of Dabanga after visiting Waza National Park, he said by phone today from Kousseri, a town in the Far North region that borders Chad and Nigeria. The kidnappers were on motorcycles and the vehicle that the visitors were using was abandoned, said Essoa, a senior divisional officer there.