Iran Press/Africa: At least six people have been killed after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in western chad according to security sources, in an attack blamed on Boko Haram terrorists, a Nigeria-based militant group.
Sources told Reuters news agency on Wednesday that the attack happened shortly after midnight in the compound of a traditional chieftain in Kaiga-Kindjiria district in Lac province.
Four security guards were among the dead, and five people were wounded, the official said. The death toll of six was confirmed by Chadian army spokesman Colonel Azem Bermandoa, and by a local NGO.
A provincial security official said a woman wearing an explosives-laden belt "blew herself up near the home of a traditional chief."
Boko Haram has carried out at least 10 cross-border attacks in Chad since 2018, mainly targeting Chadian army positions. 101/211/216
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