Boko Haram gun down 23 Chadian soldiers, injure 26

Suspected Boko Haram fighters person killed astatine slightest 23 Chadian soldiers and wounded 26 others connected a subject presumption successful the Lake Chad region.

According to a connection issued by the Chadian military, the terrorists launched the battle precocious Monday nighttime connected a basal located connected the land of Barka Tolorom, wrong Lake Chad.

The service said troops engaged the attackers successful a fierce firefight, yet repelling the battle and inflicting important casualties connected the insurgents, though the nonstop fig of those killed was not disclosed.

President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno condemned the attack, describing it arsenic a “cowardly” enactment by Boko Haram against the country’s equipped forces.

In a statement, the president expressed condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers and reaffirmed Chad’s committedness to intensifying subject operations against violent groups operating successful the Lake Chad basin.

He said the state would proceed its combat “with renewed determination” until insurgent threats are afloat neutralised.

The Lake Chad region, which borders Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon, has remained a hotspot for Boko Haram and its splinter factions, with predominant cross-border attacks targeting some subject formations and civilian communities.

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