Boko Haram suicide bombing kills two in Chad

A twin suicide bombing by women attackers in the flashpoint
area of Lake Chad on Sunday killed two people and wounded
14 others, a security source in the Chadian capital
N’Djamena said.
“The two women suicide bombers and two civilians died in
the blast,” the source told AFP on condition of anonymity,
adding that “14 others were injured” in the attack blamed on
Nigeria’s Boko Haram group on Ngouboua village near the
Nigerian border.
The village has suffered repeated attacks by Boko Haram
jihadists since they first launched operations in Chad in
February.
Suicide bombings — many by women and girls — are fast
becoming Boko Haram’s preferred method of inflicting
civilian casualties.
The deadliest attack on Chad’s side of the lake took place on
October 10, when a triple suicide attack at Baga Sola killed
41 people, according to the Chadian government.
Since the start of the year, the Chadian army has been on the
frontline of a regional military operation against Boko Haram
whose attacks have spread from northeast Nigeria, its
traditional stronghold, to the neighbouring countries of Chad,
Niger and Cameroon.
Boko Haram, which is affiliated with the Islamic State group
operating in Syria and Iraq, has been hit hard by the
offensive, losing territory, but has launched attacks and
bombings in response.