+ ↺ − 16 pxAt least 13 people were abducted on Tuesday along the Batibo-Mamfe road in Cameroon’s troubled Northwest Region, local residents and security sources said Wednesday. Armed men stopped a passenger bus and ordered everyone on board to get out. Witnesses said the attackers took money and personal belongings before forcing 13 people into the bush, Xinhua reported. They took everything we had and took 13 people away with them. Kidnappings for ransom are frequent in the English-speaking Northwest Region, where separatist fighters have been clashing with government forces in a campaign for independence.