19 Boko Haram Insurgents And 2 Chadian Soldiers Killed In Chad

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19 Boko Haram Insurgents And 2 Chadian Soldiers Killed In Chad

Atleast 19 Boko Haram fighters and two Chadian soldiers were killed in combat at the weekend after the insurgents attacked a Chadian village on the banks of Lake Chad, a military source said.


“The Islamists fighters attacked early this morning and we returned fire and they were forced to flee back into Nigeria,” the source told Reuters by telephone from Komguia, where the fighting took place.


Chadian President Idriss Deby had earlier vowed to crush the insurgents who have killed thousands of people and threatened the stability of the region.


“Chad will never bend in the face Boko Haram and I promise you that Boko Haram will disappear,” he told a group of Muslim clerics.
Niger’s army killed at least 30 suspected fighters as it searched for militants in villages just over the border with Nigeria, Nigerien security sources said.


The army launched the operation on Thursday, a day after gunmen thought to be from Boko Haram crossed over from Nigeria and killed at least a dozen villagers on the Niger side of the border.


“Our defence forces who are engaged in the operation inside Nigeria between the towns of Malam Fatori and Damasak, killed the insurgents on Thursday,” a security source said, requesting not to be named.
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