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Monday, February 2, 2015
Boko Haram militants allegedly attacked a Chadian army troop inside the northern border of Cameroon according to the Chadian military. A military statement read on TV said three soldiers and 123 Boko Haram militants were killed in the attack. If this is the case the Chadian army is having much more success against the Islamist militant group than Nigeria’s army has had.
The military statement also revealed that 12 soldiers were wounded in the attacks staged by the Islamists on January 29 and January 30 near the border town of Fotokol. Chad had sent a contingent of troops and military vehicles into Cameroon on January 17 to deal with the growing threat Boko Haram poses in countries bordering Nigeria.
“The enemy was repelled by our defensive forces,” the general staff’s statement said, adding that the troops had “routed” the Islamists in the second attack.
The soldiers were killed by improvised explosive devices, the statement said.
Chadian troops were deployed to the town, which sits opposite a Nigerian town under Boko Haram control and is also close to the border with Chad. The militant group is said to often stage attacks on Fotokol from their base in the Nigerian town of Gamboru, which is just 500 meters away.
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