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Boko Haram kills 92 Chadian soldiers in seven-hour attack; and 47 in Nigeria
Ninety-two Chadian soldiers have been killed in the deadliest attack ever by Boko Haram jihadists on armed forces in the country, President Idriss Déby Itno said on Tuesday.
The attack is part of an expanding jihadist campaign in the vast, marshy Lake Chad area, where the borders of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria converge.
Boko Haram launched an insurgency in Nigeria in 2009 before beginning incursions in its neighbouring countries to the east.
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He said 24 army vehicles were destroyed, including armoured vehicles, and captured military arms were carried off in speedboats by Boko Haram.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/24/boko-haram-kills-92-chadian-soldiers-in-seven-hour-attack
The attack is part of an expanding jihadist campaign in the vast, marshy Lake Chad area, where the borders of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria converge.
Boko Haram launched an insurgency in Nigeria in 2009 before beginning incursions in its neighbouring countries to the east.
...
He said 24 army vehicles were destroyed, including armoured vehicles, and captured military arms were carried off in speedboats by Boko Haram.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/24/boko-haram-kills-92-chadian-soldiers-in-seven-hour-attack
Nigeria also experienced a deadly attack on Monday, when 47 soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram ambush.
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Images on state TV in Chad showed Mr Déby walking among burnt-out armoured vehicles.
"I have taken part in many operations... but never in our history have we lost so many men at one time," the Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.
According to military sources quoted by the AFP news agency, the attack was on an army base on the island of Boma and lasted for seven hours.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52038111
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Images on state TV in Chad showed Mr Déby walking among burnt-out armoured vehicles.
"I have taken part in many operations... but never in our history have we lost so many men at one time," the Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.
According to military sources quoted by the AFP news agency, the attack was on an army base on the island of Boma and lasted for seven hours.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52038111
