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At least 16 killed in Boko Haram raids on Lake Chad villages

Published 2015-07-27, 02:04 p/m
At least 16 killed in Boko Haram raids on Lake Chad villages

N'DJAMENA, July 27 (Reuters) - At least 13 suspected Boko
Haram militants and three civilians were killed in separate
attacks over the weekend after the insurgents raided several
remote localities around Lake Chad, Chadian security sources
said on Monday.
The insurgents are also suspected of kidnapping some 30
people in Katikine village, near the lake.
The hostages were taken onboard four speedboats to an
unknown destination, one of the security source said, asking not
to be named.
Boko Haram, which calls itself the Islamic State's West
Africa Province (ISWAP) since pledging allegiance to the
militant group that controls large areas of Syria and Iraq, is
fighting to establish an emirate in northeast Nigeria.
The group has stepped up attacks in countries around the
lake in recent months in response to a regional offensive by
Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger to subdue the six-year-old
insurgency.
"Medi was attacked by men on motorised boats," the security
source said. "The army returned fire and killed 13 assailants.
Some soldiers were wounded."
"The same day, three people in Blarigi village had their
throats slit by suspected Boko Haram fighters," he said, adding
that some 2,000 inhabitants of Fitine island on the lake were
forced to flee following attacks which razed the village.

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