Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Cameroon, Italy’s foreign ministry and media reports say.
Gunmen ransacked the building in the north-west of the country before taking the hostages, Italy’s Ansa agency said.
The area is close to a stronghold of militant Nigerian group Boko Haram.
The attack comes three months after a French priest was released after being kidnapped by Boko Haram in the same region and held in Nigeria.
The latest attack took place in the district of Maroua in the early hours of Saturday morning.