The security forces in Cameroon have rescued three students after a raid on a camp of separatist fighters.

Nine students and a teacher were abducted from the school in Kumba on Tuesday morning – not 20 as first reported.

A source has told journalist Peter Tah, who has been covering the conflict in the region, that six students and the teacher are still missing.

The separatist camp was destroyed in the shootout between the troops and separatists, he told the BBC.

Cameroon's North-West and South-West provinces have been hit by a separatist rebellion since last year.

Armed groups have called on local residents to boycott schools until a referendum on independence is held.

Protests against marginalisation by the country's French-speaking majority have been met with a crackdown.

The abduction in Kumba comes almost a fortnight after nearly 80 students were safely returned after being taken from a school in the North-West province.