2 soldiers, 11 B/ Haram fighters killed in Chad

At least two soldiers and 11 militants were killed on Sunday in suspected Boko Haram attacks on two remote military posts in the Lake Chad area, Chad’s government and military sources said. Chad is at the forefront of a regional effort to counter the Islamist militant group which controls small enclaves in remote parts of […]

At least two soldiers and 11 militants were killed on Sunday in suspected Boko Haram attacks on two remote military posts in the Lake Chad area, Chad’s government and military sources said.
Chad is at the forefront of a regional effort to counter the Islamist militant group which controls small enclaves in remote parts of neighboring Nigeria’s northeast from where it launches cross-border raids.
“Two communities were attacked at dawn,” said a government statement, referring to villages near the lake where Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon meet.
Three would-be suicide bombers were shot by soldiers as they approached a military base in the village of Bamou, although one militant was still able to detonate an explosive device, the statement said.
At least 11 civilians were wounded at Bamou, the government said.