4 Canadian soldiers killed, dozens injured in Chad blast

SANAA, Nov. 26 (YPA) – At least four Canadian soldiers were killed and dozens injured in a boat explosion believed to have been carried out by an improvised explosive device (IED) in southwestern Chad.

The explosion occurred Tuesday night on a boat was traveling near Ngouboua, around 25 km (15 miles) from the Nigerian border, said Dimoya Souapebe, a district administrator in the town of Baga Sola, Reuters reported.

“The explosive device was placed at the bottom of the boat, and we are trying to investigate whether this is a new technique for Boko Haram,” he said.

Chad has suffered attacks on its soil from Nigeria-based Boko Haram since 2015. The jihadist insurgency first erupted in northeast Nigeria in 2009 before spreading into Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon, and killed more than 30,000 people.

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