Chad troops kill 17 jihadists after 6 die in Lake Chad attacks

Chad troops kill 17 jihadists after 6 die in Lake Chad attacks https://ift.tt/2DIw3l4 September 29, 2018 at 06:24PM Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/1UaOSLt

N'Djamena (AFP) - Six people, including two soldiers, died in an overnight Boko Haram attacks near Lake Chad, security and army sources said on Saturday, saying Chadian troops had killed 17 assailants in a counter-offensive. Three forestry officials and a customs officer and two soldiers were killed in attacks on Moussarom and Ngueleya located in the Lake Chad region, south of Baga Sola, a security source told AFP. Chadian army spokesman Colonel Azam said "17 Boko Haram members have been killed" although he put the civilian death toll at three instead of four.

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