Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Chad military had carried air strike in Boko Harams positions in Nigeria


 Chad  military had carried air strike in Boko Harams positions in Nigeria to avenge twin suicide bombings in Chad's capital N'Djamena, that were blamed on the jihadists attack in the state. The barbaric acts perpetrated by Boko Haram Islamic militants", which killed 33 people in N'Djamena on Monday, the military said that it had "carried out reprisal air strikes on the terrorists' positions in Nigerian territory, Six Boko Haram bases were destroyed in the air raids, which caused "considerable human and material losses. Chad would continue its "merciless" pursuit of the insurgents "so that no drop of Chadian blood spilt goes unpunished", the statement added by the military
       Monday's attacks on the police headquarters and a police academy in N'Djamena were the first in the capital of the central African country, which has taken a lead role in a regional offensive against the Nigeria-based Boko Haram. No group has claimed responsibility but Chadand its allies immediately blamed the insurgents, who have carried out a series of bloody attacks in border areas of countries that share a frontier with northeastern Nigeria.

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