14 civilians killed in Boko Haram suicide attack in Chad

The Chadian government said Sunday that soldiers repelled
two attacks by Boko Haram on army posts around Lake
Chad, leaving 14 militants dead.
“Two members of Boko Haram were neutralised and a third
blew himself up, wounding 11 civilians” during an attempted
suicide attack on the Bougouma army post, the government
said in a statement, referring to the Nigerian jihadist group.
Soldiers killed 11 Boko Haram members during a second
attempted attack on the Kaika army post, also in the Lake
Chad region, the statement said.
It said the situation had been brought “under control” without
elaborating.
A triple attack on October 10 killed 41 people at Baga Sola,
also near Lake Chad, where tens of thousands of Nigerian
refugees and Chadians displaced by Boko Haram violence
have sought shelter.
The Chadian army has since the start of this year been
involved in a regional offensive against Boko Haram, which
has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group
operating in Syria and Iraq.
Boko Haram has been hit hard by the multinational offensive,
losing territory, but it has launched attacks and bombings in
response.
At least 17,000 people have been killed, mainly in Nigeria,
and more than 2.5 million made homeless since the Boko
Haram insurgency began in 2009.