Boko Haram Responsible For Chad Bombs That Killed 27 – Chad Minister
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Chad Republic Minister of Communication has said that Boko Haram militants responsible for the two bombs attack in the country.
About 27 people, including four suspected Boko Haram members were killed and 100 others injured in the two attacks in N’Djamena, Chad capital.
Chad’s Communications Minister, Mr. Hassan Bakari, in a state television broadcast said that Boko Haram is making a mistake by targeting Chad and will be chased out and neutralised wherever they are.
Mr. Bakari did not give further details but Interior Minister, Abderahim Bireme Hamid, said earlier that there had been at least one suicide attack at police headquarters.
The attacks, which included at least one suicide bomb, are the first of their kind in Chad, an oil-producing nation and a major western ally which has spearheaded offensives on al Qaeda-linked groups in Mali and on Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria.
Chad has lost dozens of soldiers fighting in northern Mali and in northern Nigeria.
The first known attack by Boko Haram on Chadian soil took place in February on the shores of Lake Chad and has been followed by a handful of other isolated incidents.