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| Chad suicide attacks kill many in N'Djamena | |
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| At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in suicide attacks in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, officials say. | At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in suicide attacks in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, officials say. |
| Attackers on motorcycles blew themselves up outside two police buildings, say witnesses. | Attackers on motorcycles blew themselves up outside two police buildings, say witnesses. |
| A government minister blamed Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram in an address on state TV, Reuters news agency reports. | |
| The group has not said if it was behind the attack. | The group has not said if it was behind the attack. |
| But it has often carried out suicide bomb attacks during its six-year insurgency in neighbouring Nigeria. | |
| Boko Haram had "made a mistake targeting Chad", and would be "neutralised", said Communications Minister Hassan Sylla Bakari, quoted by Reuters, adding that four of the attackers had been killed. | Boko Haram had "made a mistake targeting Chad", and would be "neutralised", said Communications Minister Hassan Sylla Bakari, quoted by Reuters, adding that four of the attackers had been killed. |
| Chadian forces have played a key role in helping Nigeria fight the jihadist group, and the headquarters of a regional force is being set up in N'Djamena. | |
| The group has never targeted N'Djamena before, but this attack should not come as a huge surprise given Chad's role in fighting the insurgency, reports the BBC's Will Ross from Lagos. | |
| Boko Haram gunmen have previously been active around Lake Chad close to the Nigerian border. | |
| The Nigerian army has begun moving its headquarters from the capital Abuja to Maiduguri, the north-eastern town at the heart of the insurgency, which lies 250km (155 miles) west of the Chadian capital. | |
| Video statements from the Islamist group have previously criticised and taunted Chadian President Idriss Deby. | Video statements from the Islamist group have previously criticised and taunted Chadian President Idriss Deby. |