Cameroon's Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) liberate hostages in the Adamawa Region

The hostages were presented to the Senior Divisional Officer of the Mbere, Alassane Mfouapon who congratulated the defence forces on their bravery.

The six hostages were kidnapped in two different localities notably, Barke and Ndawe in the Djohong Subdivision of the Mbere Division of the Region.

They were then taken to an unknown destination where they spent six weeks in precarious conditions. Their abductors demanded a minimum of 8 million francs CFA per family before they could be freed.

Informed on the situation, elements of the 52nd  intervention unit of the fifth military sector of the Rapid Intervention Battalion were sent out to confront the hostage takers. With the collaboration of the locals, they successfully localized the hideout of the kidnappers and liberated the six hostages.

Before the hostages returned to their various families, they were received by the Senior Divisional Officer for the Mbere, Alassane Mfouapon who congratulated the soldiers on their bravery and called on the population to remain vigilant and collaborate with the administration as well as with the forces of law and order.

The victims were kidnapped in the Djohong Subdivision, host to some 12,500 refugees from the Central African Republic.

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