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Soldiers of the Chadian
army stand next to Panhard AML 90 armoured vehicles on January 21, 2015, at the
border between Nigeria and Cameroon, some 40 km from Maltam, as part of a
military contingent against the armed Islamist group Boko Haram ©Ali Kaya (AFP)
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Chad's military said Thursday it had carried out airstrikes
on Boko Haram positions in neighbouring Nigeria to avenge twin suicide bombings
in Chad's capital that were blamed on the jihadists.
Citing the "cowardly
and barbaric acts perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists", which killed 33
people in N'Djamena on Monday, the military said that it had "carried out
reprisal airstrikes on the terrorists' positions in Nigerian territory" on
Wednesday.
AFP report continues:
Six Boko Haram bases were
destroyed in the air raids, which caused "considerable human and material
losses", the military said in a statement.
Chad would continue its
"merciless" pursuit of the insurgents "so that no drop of
Chadian blood spilt goes unpunished," the statement added.
Monday's attacks on the
police headquarters and a police academy in N'Djamena were the first in the
capital of the west African country, which has taken a lead role in a regional
offensive against Boko Haram.
No group has claimed
responsibility for the attacks but Chad and its allies immediately blamed the
Nigeria-based insurgents, who have carried out several attacks recently in
border areas of countries that share a frontier with northeast Nigeria.
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