This was the first known lethal encroachment of the Sunni Muslim jihadist group into neighboring Chad in its latest wave of violence. It seems the jihadists arrived in large numbers at a fishing village early in the morning. They arrived in motorized canoes and set fire to houses and also attacked a police station.
As informed by a witness of Ngouboua village which is located around 12 miles east of Chad's border with Nigeria, the militants came in three pirogues and managed to kill ten people before being pushed back by the army.
Moreover, they also killed at least 21 people in two separate attacks in villages in northeastern Nigeria near the strategically important city of Maidiguri. The breakdown is 12 people in Akida village and nine others in Mbuta village. The attackers also destroyed shops and homes in the raids.
This Sunni jihadist group has increased cross-border attacks because they want to create an Islamic caliphate around Lake Chad, which spans Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger. This group has proved to be a danger to all countries in the vicinity of Nigeria.
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