Boko Haram fighters attacked a village in Chad on Friday, the first
known lethal attack in that country by the Nigerian militant group,
which killed several people including a local chief according to
residents and security forces. The particular number of casualties hasn't been reached yet. Dozens of militants arrived by motorised canoe at the fishing village on
the shores of Lake Chad early in the morning, setting houses ablaze and
attacking a police station.
The attack came hours after 21 people were killed in two separate
attacks on Akida and Mbuta villages near the northeast Nigerian city of
Maiduguri. Chad's army, one of the best in the region, has joined a regional
offensive against Boko Haram and says it has killed hundreds of fighters
in the past fortnight.
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