Three suicide attacks have hit an island on Lake
Chad, killing at least 27 people, security sources
have said.
The blasts, on the island of Koulfoua on the
Chadian side of the lake, struck a weekly market,
the sources said.
No group has said it was behind the attacks, but
the region is under a state of emergency after
attacks by the Boko Haram militant group.
This year thousands of people fleeing the Islamist
fighters sought safety on the island.
A police spokesman told Associated Press news
agency that three women had carried out the
attack on Koulfoua. At least 80 others were injured
in the blasts.
Chad has played a key role helping Nigeria
recapture areas seized by the group in northern
Nigeria.
But as Boko Haram lost territory it stepped up
attacks away from its Nigerian strongholds and
into remote areas of Chad, as well as neighbouring
Niger and Cameroon.
At least 17,000 people, mostly civilians, have been
killed since 2009, when the group launched its
violent uprising to try to impose Islamist rule in
northern Nigeria, according to Amnesty
International.
BBC NEWS
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