by Kingseyi Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:46 pmEighteen people have been killed in a brutal
attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in the
Lake Chad region, a Chadian military source said
Sunday.
“Boko Haram elements attacked a village south
of Daboua,” not far from Chad’s border with
Niger, at around 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on
Thursday, the military source said.
The assailants “cut the throats of 18 people,
wounded two others and kidnapped 10 women”.
Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency has
devastated the region since it took up arms in
2009 in Nigeria, leaving at least 20,000 people
dead, displacing more than two million others
and triggering a humanitarian crisis.
Chad, Cameroon and Niger have all joined the
military effort by Nigeria to crush Boko Haram.
Chad has seen a recent increase in attacks by
the group.
In May, six people were killed, including four
government officials and a soldier, in a Boko
Haram attack on a Chadian army checkpoint on
an island in Lake Chad.
Niger’s army said Saturday it killed “ten
terrorists” after one of its military positions in
the southwest of the country was attacked by
Boko Haram.
attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in the
Lake Chad region, a Chadian military source said
Sunday.
“Boko Haram elements attacked a village south
of Daboua,” not far from Chad’s border with
Niger, at around 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on
Thursday, the military source said.
The assailants “cut the throats of 18 people,
wounded two others and kidnapped 10 women”.
Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency has
devastated the region since it took up arms in
2009 in Nigeria, leaving at least 20,000 people
dead, displacing more than two million others
and triggering a humanitarian crisis.
Chad, Cameroon and Niger have all joined the
military effort by Nigeria to crush Boko Haram.
Chad has seen a recent increase in attacks by
the group.
In May, six people were killed, including four
government officials and a soldier, in a Boko
Haram attack on a Chadian army checkpoint on
an island in Lake Chad.
Niger’s army said Saturday it killed “ten
terrorists” after one of its military positions in
the southwest of the country was attacked by
Boko Haram.
