Boko Haram suicide bombing kills two in Chad: security source
A twin suicide bombing by women
attackers in the flashpoint area of Lake
Chad on Sunday killed two people and
wounded 14 others, a security source in
the Chadian capital N’Djamena said.
“The two women suicide bombers and
two civilians died in the blast,” the
source told AFP on condition of
anonymity, adding that “14 others were
injured” in the attack blamed on
Nigeria’s Boko Haram group on
Ngouboua village near the Nigerian
border.
The village has suffered repeated attacks
by Boko Haram jihadists since they first
launched operations in Chad in
February.
Suicide bombings — many by women
and girls — are fast becoming Boko
Haram’s preferred method of inflicting
civilian casualties.
The deadliest attack on Chad’s side of the
lake took place on October 10, when a
triple suicide attack at Baga Sola killed
41 people, according to the Chadian
government.
Since the start of the year, the Chadian
army has been on the frontline of a
regional military operation against Boko
Haram whose attacks have spread from
northeast Nigeria, its traditional
stronghold, to the neighbouring
countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
Boko Haram, which is affiliated with the
Islamic State group operating in Syria
and Iraq, has been hit hard by the
offensive, losing territory, but has
launched attacks and bombings in
response.
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