Boko Haram Terrorists Kill 11 Chadian Soldiers Close To Nigerian Border

Eleven Chadian soldiers have been killed and 13 injured in an attack by suspected Boko Haram fighters early this morning, the AFP news agency is reporting quoting a security source. The attack happened near Lake Chad, close to the border with Nigeria.

Chad has joined a regional military alliance, alongside Niger, Cameroon and Nigeria, to fight Boko Haram, which has waged a bloody insurgency since 2009 marked by mass abductions, village massacres and suicide bombings by women and teenagers.