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Urgent: Boko Haram militants kill 18 villagers in Chad

Xinhua, July 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram militants killed 18 villagers in Monday's attack on Memorom, a Chadian village near Lake Chad, local media reported Wednesday.

Local people who were quoted by the media said the attack took place while the villagers gathered for meal which broke the Ramadan fasting. The governor of Lake Region, Yunus Kedallah Hamid, went to the site on Tuesday and said the attack left 3 people killed and a dozen injured.

Hamid said the villagers were killed because they rejected the ideology of the terrorist group and refused to go with them.

On April 6, seven villagers who were returning from a weekly market were killed by the Boko Haram militants.

Two suicide bomb attacks took place in Chadian capital N'Jamena on June 15, leaving 38 people killed and over 100 injured. The Chadian government blamed that Boko Haram was behind these attacks.

Chad sent troops to neighboring Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger to work with these countries to fight against Boko Haram. Endi