French hostages seized in Cameroon found: military source

YAOUNDE: The seven members of a French family who were seized in northern Cameroon earlier in the week have been found in northern Nigeria, a Cameroonian military source told AFP on Thursday.

"The hostages are safe and sound and are in the hands of Nigerian authorities," the source said on condition of anonymity. "They were found abandoned in a house in Dikwa" in northern Nigeria, the source said.