Gunmen abduct teachers and students from Cameroon school

Gunmen have attacked a school in north-west Cameroon, abducting five teachers and several students.

Eyewitnesses told the BBC that one student was wounded in the head during Wednesday’s attack on the high school in a village in Menchum Division.

Some students say the attackers told them never to set foot in the school again.

A local official said the army had been deployed to find the abducted students and teachers.

Separatist fighters have tried to force schools to close in the country’s two English-speaking regions.

The UN says more than 800,000 children are out of school due to the separatist conflict. (BBC)