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Five priests, a nun and two churchgoers were kidnapped by attackers who set fire to a church in western Cameroon, the Catholic Church said on Sunday, the latest violence in an area hit by bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the state. The church of St Mary in the village of Nchang was “burned by unknown armed men” in the attack on Friday, the Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference said. “It was with great shock and utter horror that we, the Bishops [of the BAPEC] learnt of the burning down of the St Mary’s Catholic Church, Nchang… and the kidnapping of five priests, one religio…