Two Italian priests kidnapped in Cameroon have been named as Giampaolo Marta and Gian Antonio Allegri.<br /><br /> Two groups of armed men raided the homes of priests and nuns in a northern Cameroon parish early on Saturday morning and captured the priests.<br /><br /> An 80-year-old Canadian nun was kidnapped at the same time. She has not been identified by officials.<br /><br /> Italy’s Foreign Ministry said it has been working with the Italian Embassy in the Cameroon capital, Yaoundé, to resolve the situation.<br /><br /> Last year, Georges Vandenbeusch, a French priest kidnapped in the same area of northern Cameroon was reported to have been held in northern Nigeria by Al Qaeda-linked militant group Boko Haram. Vandenbeusch was freed after six weeks. <br /><br /> It’s not yet known whether this weekend’s abductions were carried out by Boko Haram.<br /><br /> The Islamist group has killed thousands of people in its quest for an Islamic state in Nigeria, which borders the north of Cameroon.
