Eighteen humans were killed in an assault by way of suspected boko haram jihadists within the lake chad vicinity, a chadian army supply stated sunday.
“boko haram elements attacked a village south of daboua,” now not a long way from chad’s border with niger, at round 9:00 pm (2000 gmt) on thursday, the navy source said.
The assailants “cut the throats of 18 humans, wounded two others and abducted 10 ladies”.
Boko haram’s islamist insurgency has devastated the area because it took up fingers in 2009 in nigeria, leaving as a minimum 20,000 humans useless, displacing more than two million others and triggering a humanitarian crisis.
Chad, cameroon and niger have all joined the military attempt via nigeria to overwhelm boko haram.
Chad has visible a recent boom in attacks with the aid of the group.
In may additionally, six humans had been killed, together with 4 authorities officers and a soldier, in a boko haram assault on a chadian military checkpoint on an island in lake chad.
Niger’s army stated saturday it killed “ten terrorists” after one in all its navy positions within the southwest of the u . S . A . Changed into attacked with the aid of boko haram.
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