A British missionary, aged 83, and his assistant have been brutally abducted by an unknown group of armed men in the town of Bambui, Cameroon, his church group has said
A British missionary and his assistant have been attacked and kidnapped by a group of armed men in Cameroon.
Huub Welters, 83, along with Henry Kang, were captured in Bambui, a town located in the country’s separatist conflict-hit anglophone northwest, on Tuesday, said his church group.
The pair were on their way to a project to build classrooms for underprivileged children in nearby Ilung, according to The Catholic Mill Hill Missionary, who are worried especially about his poor health.
It told how he “spent his first night in captivity, deep in the bush. Tonight, he endures yet another,” It continued: “What weighs heaviest on our hearts is his fragile health. He has already endured multiple joint replacements, a back operation, and now, on top of all that, the cruel mental and emotional suffering of being held hostage by those he only ever wanted to help.”
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