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N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Boko Haram militants have killed 23
soldiers in an attack on a military post in the Lake Chad
region, Chad’s armed forces said Tuesday.
The region has long been threatened by the Nigeria-based Boko
Haram militant group, which is known for carrying out attacks in
neighboring countries.
Chad's military said another 26 soldiers were injured in Monday
night's attack on Barka Tolorom island. In a statement, it said
“a significant number of sect members were neutralized” and the
attackers eventually were repelled.
President Mahamat Idriss Deby in a separate statement called the
attack “cowardly."
A number of armed groups compete in the resource-rich,
four-country Lake Chad region to fund their operations by
imposing what they call taxes on local communities.
Boko Haram in the past decade and a half has killed several
thousand people and displaced millions, according to the United
Nations, and continues to carry out operations across parts of
Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
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