Boko Haram Kidnaps Wife Of Cameroun’s Deputy Prime Minister

One of Boko Haram‘s boldest moves yet occurred Sunday when the Islamist extremists kidnapped Cameroun’s Deputy Prime Minister’s wife. The group also kidnapped a local religious leader and his family as well. 
 Deputy Prime Minister Amadou Ali’s wife and her maid were taken from the Ali residence by the militants. The Deputy PM was observing the ending of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, and managed to escape Boko Haram’s attack by going to a nearby town.

The Ali residence rests in North Cameroun in the town of Kolofata, which is near the Nigerian border. Reuters adds in separate reports that leader Seini Boukar Lamine and five members of his family were also taken. Three other persons were reported killed.

From the BBC:

Activity near and around the Cameroonian-Nigerian border has increased as Boko Haram forces have been clashing with a coalition force made up of forces from Niger, Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad. The force is hoping to locate the more than 200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped from Nigeria earlier this year.