It was introduced in the market and apparently left there… “The market has been closed”. “The blast occurred in a busy area with many traders and other local people [present]”.
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“It was a bloody attack by a female suicide bomber and apart from the over 40 people who were killed, many sustained injuries”, he said. The militant group has been carrying out ambushes along the highway that intersects Sabon Gari, and links it with the larger towns of Biu as well as the state capital Maiduguri.
President Deby was addressing reporters in N’Djamena on the 55th anniversary celebration of Chad’s independence from France when he declared that Boko Haram has been “decapitated”.
The news has come as a relief to the residents of Nigeria who have been tormented by the extremist Islamist group which has killed thousands of Nigerians and displaced many.
“The war will be short, with the setting up of the regional force, it will be over by the end of the year”, he added.
No one claimed immediate responsibility for Tuesday’s explosion. The 6-year-old Islamic uprising has killed 20,000 people and spilled across Nigeria’s borders.
Bernard Okalia Bilai, governor of south western Cameroon, said that although the attacks were in the north, the government of Cameroon has increased checks all over the country.
Three former employees of Thales, the French company that was responsible for the production of Cameroon’s National Identity Card and passport have been arrested in Nigeria by the country’s secret services. Last month the president sacked senior military commanders from the previous regime following another attack.
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He says houses were set on fire after the militants accused them of telling soldiers their whereabouts.
