French special forces have arrived in northern Cameroon to help locate a French family who were kidnapped on Tuesday and believed moved to Nigeria.
The abduction of three adults and four children from the Dabanga of Cameroon, 10km from the Nigerian border, highlights the risk to French nationals since French forces went to Mali to oust Islamist rebels.
French minister of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian said there did not appear to be a direct link to France’s intervention in Mali.
“We believe it’s the Boko Haram group that carried out the kidnapping, but we don’t know for sure,” he said. “Unfortunately, terror breeds terror.”