Boko Haram kills 38 in Chad’s market, refugee camp’s blasts

Three explosions blamed on the terror group, Boko Haram, have killed at least 37 people in a Chadian city on the shores of Lake Chad, security sources have said.

Another 52 people were reportedly wounded in the attacks that struck at around 4pm on Saturday, one targeting the fish market at Baga Sola and the other two occurring at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the city.

Lake Chad is shared between Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad.

Al Jazeera’s Fadhoul Abdul Razzaq, reporting from the Chadian capital, N’Djamena, said security forces had yet to confirm who was behind the attacks.
“There is no information about whether the attackers came from Nigeria or if they were from inside Chad,” he said.

Five attackers were also killed in the bombings for which Boko Haram was suspected to be involved, military sources told said.

Climate change has reduced the lake’s surface in recent years, but it contains many islands and islets used by fishermen and its banks have dense vegetation, which makes infiltration by Boko Haram fighters into Chad much easier.

SOURCE: Al Jazeera

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