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21 killed
in Boko Haram suicide attack on Shia procession in Nigeria http://on.rt.com/6xs5
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Some 15 people have been
killed and 130 others injured as four suicide bombers attacked the island of
Koulfoua on the Chadian side of Lake Chad, Chad's state TV said. "The provisional
death toll is 19 dead, including the four kamikazes, and 130 injured," the
statement said.
Earlier
reports suggested around 30 were killed in the triple suicide attack that
coincided with market day.
RT report continues:
“Three
suicide bombers blew themselves up in three different places at the weekly
market on Loulou Fou, an island in Lake Chad,” sources also told AFP.
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No
one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks.
However,
the region is under a state of emergency after an attack by Boko Haram militant
group killed 12 people last month.
Lake
Chad, which is home to numerous islands and islets, is shared between Nigeria,
Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
Earlier
this year, thousands of people fleeing the militant group sought refuge on the
island. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs, over 50,000 internally displaced people have arrived in the region
since late July.
In
November, Boko Haram and Islamic State militants were found to be responsible
for over a half of terror-related killings carried out in 2014. Based in
Nigeria, but also active in Chad, Niger and Cameroon, Boko Haram still killed
more people than their fellow Islamists, claiming 6,644 lives, compared to
6,073 by the other group.
The Chadian army has been
engaged in a regional military operation against Boko Haram since the beginning
of the year.
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