During the
raid Saturday in Ngaoundere, capital of Adamawa region, police found 17
Nigerians — 10 women, one man and six children — who were in the country
illegally, 19 Cameroonians without official papers and 35 other Cameroonians, a
source close to the security services told AFP.
Police
detained around 70 people, some apparently being “held as prisoners” by an
Islamic holy man, during a raid on a Islamic school in northern Cameroon,
sources said Monday.
Apart from
the holy man, the rest of the group appeared to be prisoners of the school and
some were in chains, the source said, adding that the circumstances surrounding
their imprisonment was still being investigated.
A police
source confirmed the arrests, describing the place as a “Koranic school” where
“many people” were “held as prisoners by a holy man”.
The raid came
as northern Cameroon has been plagued by the Nigerian Islamist group Boko
Haram.
Security
forces have stepped up measures after five suicide attacks claimed by Boko
Haram in July which killed 50.
Raids and
arrests have picked up pace in recent days across the country and the full
Islamic veil was banned after some suicide bombers used the loose clothing to
hide explosives.
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