Yaounde, Jumada II 9, 1436, Mar 29, 2015, SPA -- Residents of eastern Cameroon killed several suspected fighters from a Central African Republic rebel group who were trying to carry out a large-scale kidnapping, a local official said Sunday. The incident occurred Saturday night near the border town of Garoua-Boulai, said Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua. He said 15 heavily armed men initially seized eight people before the residents, who had armed themselves with guns and machetes, attacked. The eight would-be hostages were released, several fighters were killed and two are being held by the population, AP reported. The area is remote, making it impossible to immediately confirm how many fighters were killed and if residents were also killed, Ivaha Diboua said. "Some residents were wounded in the ambush and we are still finding out if the attackers killed some," he said. --SPA 18:22 LOCAL TIME 15:22 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w